Chapter 81: Red Lotus Mother's Birthday
An Sheng looked into Zhou Yunshu's eyes and suddenly lowered his head.
Wu Gui looked at An Sheng's actions and opened his lips slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
"Is it Yang Bingtian?" Zhou Yunshu asked directly.
Wu Gui also looked at An Sheng. Yang Bingtian was the guess made by her and Zhou Yunshu.
An Sheng lowered his eyes and shook his head.
Just when he thought Zhou Yunshu would continue to question him, Zhou Yunshu suddenly touched his head and said gently, "It's getting late. You should go back to bed."
An Sheng looked up at Zhou Yunshu, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward to grab her hand.
This was the first time he took the initiative to hold someone's hand besides Wu Gui and Wu Yue.
Zhou Yunshu's lips curled up, and she understood what he didn't say. "We'll take you away."
An Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he took a step back and came to Wu Gui's side, holding her hand affectionately.
"It's getting late, let's go back and rest early."
The return journey was much faster than the outward journey. When Zhou Yunshu returned to her yard, she could still faintly hear Wei Zhong's snoring when she opened the door.
It was almost midnight, around two in the morning. Zhou Yunshu changed her clothes and lay down on the bed, sleeping until dawn.
Wei Zhong brought breakfast the next day, which consisted of plain noodles with a poached egg, a plate of pickled radish, and steamed buns with meat.
After eating and drinking, Zhou Yunshu and the people in the yard walked towards the Ginkgo Garden together.
Today is the birthday of the Virgin Mary. Although we are on the mountain, the sound of firecrackers has been heard since early morning.
After arriving at Ginkgo Garden, Uncle He assigned everyone to work, leaving only Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong to read the list of gifts in the main hall square of the Red Lotus Sect.
In addition to the guests who have already stayed in the East Courtyard, there are also many guests who have come up the mountain one after another in the past few days.
Every guest brought enough birthday gifts, just to leave a little impression on the Red Lotus Mother at her birthday party and increase her favor.
Uncle He took Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong there early. The Red Lotus Mother had not arrived yet, but the main hall square was already surrounded by believers standing in three layers.
Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong were located just inside the main hall door. Wei Zhong, who was in charge of reciting the rituals, stood while Zhou Yunshu, who was in charge of writing, sat behind the desk.
The auspicious time arrived and the bells in the church rang. Zhou Yunshu stood up and listened to the believers in the square shouting the name of Our Lady of Red Lotus.
As she lowered her eyes, the Red Lotus Mother came from outside with her six thousand messengers. Zhou Yunshu sang the Red Lotus Mother's birthday congratulations with the people around her.
After the singing of praises ended, Zhou Yunshu sat down again and the tribute began.
"Young Master Yang Yuhao, son of Lord Yang, the prefect of Luzhou, is here to pay his respects to you!"
Zhou Yunshu paused as the pen in her hand was about to touch the paper. She didn't expect that the first person who wished her a happy birthday would be someone beyond her expectations.
With a hint of impatience on his face, Yang Yuhao was wearing a purple satin robe with a crane pattern, and his long black hair was tied up high with a jade crown.
As soon as he entered the door, the Red Lotus Mother stood up and greeted him with a smile.
"Yuhao, please take a seat."
Yang Yuhao put away the impatience on his face and said politely, "I wish Aunt Lian a long and bright life, and a long life with happiness and longevity."
The Red Lotus Mother smiled and said, "Thank you. How have you been living in the mountains these days?"
"fine……"
Although Zhou Yunshu did not raise her eyes to watch the conversation between the two, she did not hear a single word.
It turned out that Yang Yuhao came from the same mountain as them. Zhou Yunshu glanced inside the hall and suddenly saw an old man who looked very familiar.
She turned the pen. If this old man was with Yang Yuhao, then they would have met before they left Anshan. However, Zhou Yunshu did not associate the heavily guarded team with Yang Yuhao at that time.
Zhou Yunshu frowned slightly and wrote Yang Yuhao's name on the rice paper stroke by stroke.
Wasn't he supposed to be traveling with Duan Yanzhi on his studies with Yunqi and Yunjia? Why did he suddenly appear in Luzhou? Or did they travel to Luzhou on their studies?
Zhou Yunshu wrote down the gift sent by Yang Yuhao, and finally looked up at Yang Yuhao who was already sitting down. Did he know where Yun Qi and Yun Jia were going?
Zhou Yunshu wanted to find an opportunity to ask, but she didn't dare to reveal her whereabouts easily. Even though Yun Qi had said many times that Yang Yuhao was his best friend, people can change.
Zhou Yunshu was writing down the gift list in her hand, thinking about how she could get information from Yang Yuhao, or rather, she should go to Yang Yuhao's current residence to see if there might be any clues.
After making a decision in her heart, Zhou Yunshu began to concentrate on recording the gift list in her hand.
I have to say that everyone who came to celebrate the birthday of the Red Lotus Mother was generous. The Red Lotus Mother was happy to hear it, and Zhou Yunshu was also happy to record it.
When Zhou Yunshu thought that tonight was destined to be a night of harvest, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.
After the ceremony, Zhou Yunshu and Wei Zhong slowly left the hall under the leadership of Uncle He.
The bustle in the front hall continued. Zhou Yunshu followed Uncle He with the gift book in her arms, and slowly walked towards the warehouse with the Red Lotus Messengers who were delivering the birthday gifts.
The Red Lotus Cult's storehouse is right next to the Holy Mother Temple. Even though the front hall is currently celebrating the birthday of the Red Lotus Holy Mother, the Holy Mother Temple is still heavily guarded.
Zhou Yunshu followed behind Uncle He and watched him take out the token twice in succession. He passed almost three checkpoints before arriving at the warehouse of the Holy Mother Temple.
"Uncle He."
Uncle He looked at the Red Lotus Envoy guarding the warehouse door and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that it would be you, Xiao Ma, who would be guarding the warehouse today."
The man called Xiao Ma by Uncle He is nearly 1.9 meters tall and has a fierce look on his face, but he is extremely polite and even a little shy when facing Uncle He.
"The thousand messengers have all been called away. The Virgin Mary was worried about the others, so she called me over."
Uncle He walked over to Xiao Ma, tilted his neck, patted Xiao Ma on the shoulder, and said, "Do a good job. Wait for Zheng Qian and the others to come back and relieve you. Then you can go to the banquet and relax."
Xiao Ma smiled and nodded, "Okay, I will definitely have a couple of drinks with Uncle He then."
"Of course!" Uncle He took out the key and said to Xiao Ma, "Let's open the warehouse of Unit 2 today."
"good!"
Warehouse B2 was the middle warehouse. After it was opened, Uncle He brought Zhou Yunshu and others in. Zhou Yunshu glanced at them calmly.
Various boxes were piled on the floor of the warehouse, and various treasures were placed on the shelves on both sides of the wall. Although it was not as good as the inner treasury of Prince Wei's Palace, it was not much worse.
Uncle He said to Zhou Yunshu behind him, "You read the book, and I'll give the instructions."
"yes."
Zhou Yunshu started reading from the beginning, and every time she read out a guest's birthday gift, Uncle He would bring people to place one.
By the time they were all done, it was almost noon.
The warehouse was closed, and Uncle He led Zhou Yunshu and the others down the mountain. Zhou Yunshu asked at the right moment, "Are we still going back to the front hall?"
Uncle He said, "I think it's time for the Virgin Mary to lead the twelve holy children and ten holy maidens to pray for blessings from the gods. It's not appropriate for us to go now. Let's go eat first."
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