Chapter 241 Xuan Ji, the monk

After drinking some tea, Jiang Yueyao and Shen Baoqing clamored to go downstairs for a walk.

There was a jewelry store across the street. Even though there were already countless pieces of jewelry in the house, the two girls still wanted to go and have a look.

Lu Sui wanted to accompany her, but was sternly rejected by Jiang Yueyao.

"You're the center of attention wherever you go. I don't want to be stared at while I'm just shopping."

Lu Sui was helpless: "Then don't run too far, stay nearby, I'll let Qingxuan follow you."

"Oh, I have gold, and Baoqing also has golden lotus. Are you afraid that we will be bullied?"

Shen Baoqing pulled her without looking back: “It’s a waste of time to worry about it.”

The two went downstairs and bought some fragrant roasted sweet potatoes on the street. They held them in their hands while they were still warm, and ate them all the way to the shop opposite.

There were a lot of people in the shop, and the two of them just wanted to join in the fun.

After strolling around the jewelry shop for a while, Shen Baoqing went to the rouge and powder shop next door. After a stroll, he saw that the teahouse opposite was suddenly full of people.

She always liked to watch the fun, so she immediately pulled Jiang Yueyao back.

"Will there be a good scene of catching an adulterer?"

Jiang Yueyao said seriously: "Shouldn't we go to the inn to catch an adulterer?"

She was familiar with this matter. After all, she had run an inn and had witnessed many scenes of men and women catching each other in adultery. It was indeed... lively.

Shen Baoqing paused, then nodded: "That's right, we should go to the inn to catch an adulterer."

Then he continued, "Could it be that two men and one woman got into a fight out of jealousy?"

That's very possible.

The two looked at each other, then squeezed into the teahouse hand in hand.

There were quite a few people gathered in the lobby on the first floor of the teahouse. The two squeezed to the front and saw clearly that there was a person sitting on the ground. Jiang Yueyao recognized at a glance that the other person was Mr. Li, the owner of the pawnshop opposite Qianweilou.

A person who was usually so polite and courteous, now sat on the ground without caring about his image, looking at something with a look of horror, shouting: "Don't come over, don't come over... Help, help..."

The servant beside him tried to help him, but he pushed him away.

"Get out...get out now..."

He pinched his throat again, until his whole face turned purple, and he made a "wuwu" sound for help, but his hands exerted more and more force.

The servants beside him were so scared that they started crying.

He stepped forward and tried to pry his hands apart, but was kicked away by the other party with such force that he was totally unlike his usual weak image.

The people of Daye have always believed in ghosts and gods.

Someone nearby quickly spoke up: "Could this man be possessed by a ghost?"

"That's right, look at the way he's pinching his own neck. His eyes are all white, and he's still trying hard. If this isn't a ghost, then what is?"

These words were so creepy that Jiang Yueyao unconsciously leaned towards Shen Baoqing.

"Let's go."

She took her hand and tried to go upstairs.

Shen Baoqing remained motionless, staring at Master Li on the ground with her beautiful eyebrows furrowed, feeling that the scene before her was somewhat familiar.

She seemed to have seen it many times.

But I can’t remember where I saw it no matter how hard I tried.

In the dim light, there seemed to be another figure...

Just as she was stunned, a voice came from behind her.

"Get out of the way, Master Xuan Ji is coming."

Shen Baoqing was still in a daze, but the moment Jiang Yueyao heard the word "Xuan Ji", she pulled her and turned to leave.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw a monk in a red cassock walking slowly towards him from the other side of the crowd that had automatically separated them. He held a staff in his left hand and Buddhist beads in his right hand. He was like a god who had come down from the sky, with a cold and noble appearance, a halo around him, and was dedicated to saving all living beings.

Jiang Yueyao paused as she was about to leave with Shen Baoqing. Shen Baoqing turned around and looked at Master Li, who was almost strangled to death by her, and said, "Yaoyao, there's something wrong with him. I have a way to save him..."

"Don't make things worse, let's go, my brother is still waiting for us upstairs."

Jiang Yueyao reached out to pull her, and Shen Baoqing turned around and suddenly met a pair of calm eyes.

She was stunned.

She stared at the other person blankly until he passed by her, and then Shen Baoqing slowly came back to her senses.

She asked Jiang Yueyao: "Where did this monk come from?"

The figure with its back to her stiffened slightly.

But things soon returned to normal.

He squatted down in front of Mr. Li, raised his hand, and gently touched his brow with his slender fingers. Mr. Li, who had been pinching himself and rolling his eyes, suddenly loosened his hands.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Xuan Ji was filled with fear and anxiety.

"Who are you? Stop meddling in other people's business."

Apart from Xuan Ji, the only other person present who heard the voice was Master Li's.

But only he could hear it, and it was a vague female voice.

The other party's voice was shrill.

"He caused me to lose one body and two lives. Today I will make him pay with his life."

Xuan Ji ignored him and threw the Buddhist beads in his hand directly, putting them around Master Li's neck. He rolled on the ground and screamed in pain. After a moment, he finally calmed down.

Xuan Ji took back the Buddhist beads, sat cross-legged on the ground, and recited a passage of Buddhist scriptures.

Jiang Yueyao was familiar with this Buddhist scripture. When her mother passed away, she invited a monk from Suzhou to come and recite this passage of the Rebirth Mantra.

Shen Baoqing didn't move.

She stared at Xuan Ji blankly. The scene before her looked so familiar.

It's so familiar that it feels like a long time ago, happening every day...

But she clearly didn't recognize the monk in front of her?

Someone came over and covered her eyes, and then her brother's gentle voice was heard.

"What are you two doing here? It's too cold. Let's go upstairs."

Having said that, he pulled Shen Baoqing away without saying anything.

Jiang Yueyao followed behind and met Lu Sui after taking two steps.

Lu Sui took her hand and led her out.

Jiang Yueyao took two steps and subconsciously looked back at Xuan Ji, who was still sitting cross-legged with his back to them and chanting scriptures. For some reason, his tall and straight figure revealed a heartbreaking emptiness and loneliness.

But the next moment, he thought of his sister Shen Baoqing.

After all, she is the girl who has been with him for two years. Her sister has lost her memory, so could it be that he has lost his memory too?

I saw it but acted as if I didn't recognize it.

It’s chilling just thinking about it!

Leaving the first floor and going to the private room on the second floor, Shen Baoqing had forgotten what had just happened. He was drinking tea while laughing and joking with Shen Linchuan.

When Jiang Yueyao saw this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s better for Xuan Ji to pretend not to know his sister, so that there will be no more entanglement. They can live their own lives in the future. His sister will get married, have children, and live a loving life with another man.

fine.

I returned home that day.

Shen Baoqing pulled Jiang Yueyao.

"I'll sleep with you tonight."

Jiang Yueyao was about to refuse when she heard that.

Shen Baoqing was very restless when sleeping and once kicked her off the bed.

Since then, Jiang Yueyao never wanted to sleep with her again.

But today, I feel inexplicably soft-hearted.

So I nodded...

They washed, changed their clothes and went to bed.

We talked about this and that for a while.

Jiang Yueyao was very sleepy.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard Shen Baoqing whispering in her ear.

"Do I know him?"

"Who?" Jiang Yueyao asked in confusion.

"Xuan Ji, the monk."