Chapter 1546 They've come to see the Abbot of Dongqing Temple!

Lord Fei did not doubt Shu Yu's statement. He knew that the man might still be at Dongqing Temple, so he sent several of his trusted subordinates to accompany Shu Yu out of the city to deal with the situation as it came.

In fact, Shu Yu wasn't sure if Hao Dingshan was still in the temple. After all, from the moment Xiao Shi discovered him, to when he came down the mountain to the inn in the prefectural city, to when he met with her to explain the situation, and finally when she went to the prefectural government office.

After all that, by the time they returned to the Taoist temple, it was already late afternoon.

If Hao Dingshan really wanted to find someone at Dongqing Temple, he might have stayed there for a long time, and he might still be here now.

Regardless, Shu Yu still took Ying Xi up the mountain.

As for the people that Master Fei left for her, they dressed up as ordinary people, woodcutters, or scholars and left separately.

When we arrived at Dongqing Temple, there weren't many people inside. Most of the worshippers who come to the temple arrive in the morning.

Shu Yu went to find the Taoist nun Qiu first. The first thing the nun said to her was, "You've come? Your friend came down the mountain this morning, saying he was going to find you."

When Xiao left, she naturally left a message for the temple; otherwise, they would have been anxious and worried if they couldn't find her when they returned.

Shu Yu nodded. "I saw it."

Upon hearing this, the nun Qiu felt relieved, then asked curiously, "Then why did you come at this crucial moment?"

Shu Yu and she walked to a secluded spot to talk. "Senior Sister Qiu, I heard there was some trouble this morning?"

When the nun Qiu mentioned this, she looked troubled. "The other party insists on seeing the abbot."

"To see Master?"

The nun sighed, "Yes, we've told them all. The abbot has been gone for two years and hasn't returned, but they don't believe us. They even secretly searched for him when we weren't looking. They even... they even went to the backyard where your friend lives. Luckily, she left early, otherwise she would have definitely caused a disturbance."

Shu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thankful for Xiao's decisive action that morning.

It seems she does understand the Xiao family; sure enough, Hao Dingshan would sneak over the wall to look for someone.

"They sneaked into the backyard, weren't they caught?"

The nun shook her head and frowned as she said, "That person deliberately harassed us in front of us. While Junior Sister Zheng and the others were coming over from the backyard, he sent his men to search quietly. By the time we got back, he was gone. He only left a footprint in the backyard and some clods of dirt that had been accidentally knocked off the wall. That's when we discovered him."

If they weren't seen doing it on the spot, there's no evidence that they did it, so it's naturally difficult to catch them.

"However, Junior Sister Zheng and the others returned to the backyard quickly, so that person probably didn't check carefully even if they climbed into the backyard, and left quickly. Because they didn't search every room, they are still not giving up, insisting that the abbot must be in the Taoist temple, and they still won't leave."

Shu Yu was taken aback. "The other party is still here?"

"Yes, I'm sitting over there in the dining hall."

Shu Yu found it strange. "Master has been away from the Taoist temple for two years now. Not to mention Dong'an Prefecture, anyone who knows a little about Dongqing Temple knows that. Why do they insist that Master is still here?"

Whether they're just using the excuse of seeking out her master or not, they're really after the Xiao family.

Shu Yu guessed, and looked up, wanting to find out more, but Qiu Daogu looked at her with a complicated expression.

Shu Yu touched her face. "What's wrong?"

(End of this chapter)