After the woman finished speaking, the monk turned around and was about to leave, but just as he reached the door, he was stopped by the person behind him: "Keep an eye on it, don't let suspicious people come in, and spoil our important event."
"I know." The monk nodded and then backed out.
A shadow puppet show is being performed in the temple, and the audience in the audience are all watching intently.
Liu Qinghuan looked around, just in time to see the monk who had just guarded the gate coming out. Although the man blocked her in every possible way when she entered the temple just now, but now that she came in, he ignored her instead.
Liu Qinghuan curled her lips, this temple is really interesting.
She glanced at Chitao next to her, stood up and said, "Stay here and wait for Niantang and Qingzhi, I'll go in and have a look."
Hearing what she said, Chi Tao quickly stood up: "Madam, where are you going? This servant will go with you."
The monk at the door glanced at them, then looked away and continued to stare at the door. Liu Qinghuan pursed the corners of her lips, a little hesitant. She originally thought that there might be danger in the temple, so she wanted Chi Tao to stay here, but now it seems that if she leaves the maid and walks around alone, it will be more suspicious.
She nodded and let Chitao walk behind her. Almost all the people in the temple gathered near the stage set up in the front yard, and it was hard to see anyone else. Liu Qinghuan walked towards the direction where the monk left just now, and looked around after passing through the courtyard gate.
It's so dark all around, if you want to hide someone, where should you hide
This temple should be different from the Ao Temple. It is impossible to have underground secret passages, so it can only be in the room. Is it the firewood room? kitchen? Or the cellar
There were footsteps in the distance, Liu Qinghuan signaled Chitao to be quiet, and pulled her to hide aside. Three strong men dressed as monks walked in through the door, talking and laughing, and turned to the left. After Liu Qinghuan waited for them to leave, she waited in place for a while before pulling Chitao towards the direction they left.
Passing through another door and entering a small courtyard, Liu Qinghuan found that this was the kitchen of the temple. Two monks stood guard in front of the kitchen, as if they were on guard for something. Liu Qinghuan blinked quickly, there must be someone secretly eating meat inside, let the two of them watch out here, right
The woman's slight voice came from the kitchen, accompanied by the sound of ping-pong-pong, it was not very clear. The two monks guarding the door seemed to be alarmed, they stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Are you all right?"
"It's okay." A rough man's voice came from inside, and the two people at the door listened for a while before leaving the door.
Liu Qinghuan thought for a while, found a small bag of white powdery things from her sleeve, turned around and told Chitao behind her, "Stay here, don't make a sound."
"Ma'am!" Chi Tao grabbed her sleeves and said nothing to ask her to leave. Liu Qinghuan pulled out her sleeves and smiled at her: "I'm not as delicate as Ah Mu said, but I'm actually very good at martial arts."
"But… "
"Don't worry, I have my own measure." Liu Qinghuan shook the small package in his hand at her, and said, "As long as you inhale a small amount of this powder, even an elephant can be brought down."
After Liu Qinghuan finished speaking, she walked out. Chi Tao wanted to say something more, but she could only stay where she was. She only hoped that Miss Niantang would come soon.
Just as Nian Tang figured out that a few drunk men were making trouble in front of him, Liu Qinghuan disappeared as soon as he turned around, and his heart jumped out of fright.
This person really can't stop staring at her for a while!
She looked around, walked to the alley where Liu Qinghuan was standing just now, and called inside: "Ma'am, are you there?"
There was no one in the alley, only an old man looked back at her. Nian Tang frowned and walked in, just two steps away, he saw a person running from the opposite side of the alley, after a closer look, he found that it was Qing Zhi.
"Miss Niantang, is that you?" Qingzhi's voice was a little anxious, and she ran even faster after seeing Niantang. Seeing that she was the only one, Nian Tang suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart: "Where's Madam?"
"Madam went to that temple over there to listen to an opera."
"Listen to the opera?" Nian Tang heaved a sigh of relief, luckily it was only for the opera.
"There's something wrong with that temple, you'll know when you come with me!" Qing Zhi dragged her away without any explanation, and when she got to the front of the temple, she was stopped again by the monk at the door.
He glanced at the sword in Nian Tang's hand, blocked the gate and said: "The small temple will not entertain guests today, please don't go to the benefactor."
Nian Tang stood at the door and glanced inside. He didn't see Liu Qinghuan, so he pushed aside the monk's hand in front of him impatiently: "Get out of the way!"
But the monk did not give an inch: "Please leave, the benefactor."
Nian Tang pursed her lips, and directly started to fight with him. The fight here immediately alarmed the people watching the theater inside, and the crowd screamed and dispersed in all directions. Seeing this, the rest of the monks gathered around to help, Qing Zhi saw how many of them there were, so she rushed out of the temple to find Xue Mu.
A monk stumbled into a room and yelled to the people inside: "It's bad, someone broke into the temple!"
The woman sitting in front of the table frowned slightly, raised her head and asked, "Who is it?"
"I don't know, it's a woman with a sword in her hand."
The woman pursed her lips and stood up from the couch: "Take me to have a look."
"Okay!" The messenger led the way and led her quickly to the front yard. Just as she walked out of the corridor, the woman stopped in her tracks: "Is the person who was kidnapped still there?"
"Still closed in the kitchen."
The woman thought for a while, then turned around and walked to the kitchen: "Go and have a look."
As soon as Liu Qinghuan walked into the courtyard, the two monks at the door spotted her and stopped her without politeness: "Who is it? This is a forbidden area of the temple and you cannot intrude."
Liu Qinghuan laughed mockingly: "There is no place in this world where I, Lu Jiao, can't mess around."
After she finished speaking, she waved her right hand in the air, and fine white powder bloomed on the heads of the two monks like snowflakes. There was a strange fragrance in the air, and the two subconsciously took a breath, and then it seemed as if something exploded in front of them, and it suddenly became white.
Liu Qinghuan stretched out her hand and gently pushed the two of them, and they fell to the ground staggeringly. Liu Qinghuan walked to the woodshed and found that the door was locked from the inside. She took a deep breath and kicked the door open.
With a "bang", the people in the room subconsciously turned their heads to look at the door.
There was still a monk inside the door, but he was only wearing a pair of trousers, and his clothes were thrown casually on the ground. The people behind him seemed to have seen Liu Qinghuan, and yelled.
"Who are you?!" The monk glared at Liu Qinghuan angrily. Liu Qinghuan didn't answer him, but looked behind him.
A girl was tied up in the corner, with a cloth towel stuffed in her mouth, and her hands were tied behind her back. Half of the clothes on his body had been taken off, and his hair was messily draped over his shoulders.
It was Liu Qingli.
Liu Qinghuan's heart tightened, and the hand hanging by her side also clenched into a fist.
"You..." Before the monk finished speaking, Liu Qinghuan had already raised his foot and kicked the iron pot on the stove. The iron pan flipped quickly in the air, and with a heavy buzzing sound, it hit the monk's head directly.
The monk let out a cry of pain, and staggered several times before barely standing still. He flicked his somewhat blurred vision, trying to see the person on the opposite side clearly, but there was no one on the other side.
Liu Qinghuan dodged behind him at some point, bent her fingers and pressed hard on the acupuncture points on the monk's neck twice, and the monk fell completely limp to the ground.
Liu Qinghuan took a few quick breaths, walked to Liu Qingli's side and helped her untie her.
"Are you okay?" She took off the cloth towel from Liu Qingli's mouth and helped her up. Liu Qingli was still a little shocked, her chest heaved violently a few times before she grabbed Liu Qinghuan's arm and said, "They are not monks in the temple, I heard them say that the fireworks in the west of the city have been replaced by gunpowder by them, and they are going to take advantage of it. Blow up the imperial city during the fireworks display!"
Liu Qinghuan was taken aback for a moment. Although she also thought that these people were not monks at all, she never thought that they would be so bold as to want to blow up the imperial city. She collected herself and looked at Liu Qingli: "Can you leave now?"
Liu Qingli nodded and said, "Yes."
"Okay, let's go find Amu right away." She was about to help Liu Qingli go out when she suddenly felt a cramping pain in her stomach. Seeing her pale face, Liu Qingli immediately became nervous: "What's wrong with you?"
Liu Qinghuan leaned against the wall and gasped for a few breaths, barely propped up her body and said, "It's okay, it might be because of the fetal gas just now, let's go quickly."
"Okay." Liu Qingli responded, and the two walked out supporting each other. Chi Tao, who had been waiting outside, couldn't help but ran over. When she saw the situation inside, her face turned pale, and she hurried up to help the two of them.
As soon as the three of them walked out of the kitchen, they heard a rush of footsteps coming this way. Liu Qinghuan frowned, and said to Chitao: "You help the second sister out first, hurry up!"
Looking at her, Chi Tao's eyes were red: "Then what about you, madam?"
"I'm fine, you guys hurry up!" Liu Qinghuan said and pushed them, Chi Tao gritted her teeth, and helped Liu Qingli to run to the other side.
Qing Zhi walked anxiously through the streets of Chang'an City, but didn't know where to find Xue Mu. Fortunately, he met a group of Jinwu guards who were patrolling the city, and he came to Xue Mu on their horses. Xue Mu and Li Mo were talking in a low voice, when they saw Qingzhi coming with a Jinwu guard, they frowned: "What happened?"
Seeing Xue Mu, Qingzhi burst into tears, "Master Hou, it's not good, Madam went to a temple, and Miss Niantang got into a fight with someone!"
Xue Mu's face darkened, and Li Mo glanced at him, frowned and said, "Temple? It can't be such a coincidence that it's the temple we're monitoring, right?"
Xue Mu pursed his lips, and quickly got on his horse: "Yongyan, lead the team there immediately."
"Understood." Li Mo explained a few words to one of his lieutenants, and soon led a group of people to follow Xue Mu. Although the street was very congested tonight, the people saw two armored generals leading a group of Jinwu Guards on horseback, and spontaneously moved out of the way.
The brigade walked unimpeded, Xue Mu and Li Mo had just rushed to the gate of the temple when they heard the sound of fierce fighting inside. Then, two figures ran out staggeringly. Li Mo took a closer look and found that it was a maidservant and Liu Qingli.
Liu Qingli's hair was disheveled and her clothes were disheveled. Li Mo's eyes darkened, and he turned over and jumped off the horse. He untied the red cloak tied behind him, wrapped Liu Qingli around, and hugged her into his arms: "What happened?"
Only then did Liu Qingli see the person in front of her clearly, she grabbed his hand and said anxiously: "Someone wants to blow up the imperial city, hurry up and stop them!"
Xue Mu flipped off his horse and looked at her solemnly: "Where's Qingqing?"
Liu Qingli seemed to have recalled something, and said more anxiously than before: "Third sister is still inside, hurry up and save her!"