Chapter 466 Drugged? Set a big fire!
Li Qingluo: "You're all seeing things! Why aren't you leaving?"
She led the sparrows and the others back to the courtyard quickly.
Li Qingluo took a sip of hot tea before calling the others over: "Whatever you see in the hall today, you are not allowed to talk nonsense, do you understand?"
"Including those who haven't been to the Guanyin Temple yet, tell them to keep their mouths shut."
"You are the people that His Highness and I trust the most and are closest to. I don't think I need to say more about how to act."
"Just one thing: keep your identity hidden."
"We absolutely cannot reveal that we all come from Daliang!"
After Princess Qinyu died in Daliang, Zongzheng Wuheng was left with a severe disability. He was found half-dead in Yangzhou and rescued by spies and brought back to Nan'an.
At this point, the superficial peace between the two kingdoms of Liang and Chu was completely shattered.
Especially in the last six months, I've heard that frequent unrest has broken out in the border areas.
With the Liang Dynasty at war with the Western Regions again, it seems the Chu Dynasty will soon be unable to remain passive.
If their identities as people from Daliang were exposed at this time, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble.
Zhuiyu nodded first with a solemn expression: "Don't worry, Miss, your subordinates know what's important."
However, the face of the Bodhisattva inside the Guanyin Hall was truly...
Just thinking about it made Zhuiyu shudder.
Sure enough, just as evening approached, a muffled clap of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky.
Sparrow couldn't help but step in again to complain that the food at the temple was terrible.
It's understandable that there's no meat to eat, after all, this is a temple for quiet meditation.
But even the boiled tofu that was delivered was all tofu dregs, and there were hardly any green vegetables.
They provided plenty of rice, but it was all brown rice that had been sitting out for who knows how long.
This rice has a musty smell.
"It's not like we didn't pay for the food. You think you can get rid of us with this piece of junk?"
“I originally said that if you can’t make anything good, you can lend us the kitchen and we can cook for ourselves. I also promised that we would never touch meat or disturb the temple’s peaceful place of meditation.”
"But no matter what they said, they wouldn't agree!"
"They also said that we merchants only care about pleasure and that if we can't even endure this little bit of hardship, we should leave as soon as possible and go down the mountain to find villagers who can buy as many chickens and ducks as we want."
"Girl, how can they be worthy of being called monks when they say such things? They are utterly defiling and corrupting all monks in this world!"
"In their eyes, all living beings are fundamentally unequal!"
"They look down on people even more than those powerful and wealthy people!"
"Look, they're bullying us like this, they're going too far!"
The sparrow suffered more today than it has in the past two weeks combined.
Judging from her eager expression, she's probably about to personally beat someone up.
Even Granny Zheng, who had experienced the hardships of military life, couldn't take it anymore: "Miss, when are we going to make our move? This old servant needs to stretch my muscles!"
Li Qingluo had no appetite for the hastily prepared food on the table.
She had only casually poked at it with her chopsticks when Aduo rushed in and snatched the chopsticks from her hand.
"Junior Uncle, you can't eat it!"
Jinhua and Aduo lived in the next room.
For the past two weeks, wherever she goes, Jinhua goes inside as soon as she sets foot and almost never comes out again.
After being rescued, Ado spent more than half a month treating her injuries before she could move freely again.
During this time, she also became depressed because of her experience with the Witch Moon Cult, and no longer joked and laughed with Sparrow as before.
This was the first time in half a month that she had shown such an anxious expression.
Li Qingluo immediately understood: "Is there something wrong with the food?"
Ado nodded eagerly: "Yes. There's sleeping potion!"
Since everyone had already touched the food, even Granny Zheng didn't realize there was something wrong with it.
She quickly took a sniff, and her face instantly turned deathly pale.
"Girl, it's true!"
Aduo: "Master took a bite and then spat it out."
"Although this is a medicine for your Han people, because Doctor Dong went to your Central Plains to study medicine, my master has also learned about the medicines of your Central Plains over the years."
"She tasted something wrong with the food and told me to come over and warn you."
"Junior Uncle, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"
Li Qingluo: "I haven't eaten. Go tell your master so she doesn't need to worry."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuiyu and Shayi rushed over.
"Young lady, the food..."
Seeing the untouched food and the fallen chopsticks on the table, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Pushing open the window, a chill rushed into the room.
Li Qingluo's expression was even colder and more intimidating than the chill in the air: "Since that's the case, then everyone can just bear with being hungry a little longer. We'll give everyone an extra meal tonight!"
A bright smile instantly lit up Que'er's face, and she readily replied, "Yes, miss!"
When the first lightning bolt streaked across the night sky, the entire Ningyuan Temple remained serene.
When the second lightning bolt struck, before the raindrops even fell, the monks in the front hall noticed thick smoke rising from the side rooms.
"Oh no!"
"Master, there seems to be thick smoke coming from the east wing!"
The abbot opened his cold eyes: "Thick smoke? Was it caused by that merchant's wife?"
"I heard they find our temple food unpalatable and want to cook some fancy dishes themselves?"
"What a bunch of unreasonable troublemakers!"
A chubby monk named Jiechi stepped forward and said, "Abbot, it is indeed true."
"Moreover, this merchant's wife even said in front of Jiekong that she disliked our temple for being old and cramped, and that the rooms given to them were not good enough."
"She clearly carried a large bag of gold and silver, yet she only offered a single piece of silver. It seems she truly looks down on our Ningyuan Temple."
Another tall, thin monk, Jiewangyou, was furious: "So they're secretly cooking for themselves right now?"
"Hasn't anyone eaten the food we sent?"
"What a disgrace to this disciple..."
Even though Jie Wang had drugged him, he didn't dare to make a big fuss about it.
He kept giving Jie Kong meaningful glances, and Jie Chi quickly said, "Abbot, these merchants are really taking advantage of us! We can't let this go!"
The abbot, twirling his prayer beads, said, "Amitabha."
"We monks value harmony above all else, so why hold such a grudge?"
"Jiechen, why don't you hurry up and take some people to investigate what's going on?"
"If they really caused the disturbance, they should be made to pay whatever compensation they are owed."
"However, if they dare to escape or play any tricks, just go to the county and inform Magistrate Wu. These merchants wouldn't dare to cause trouble even if they had ten lives."
"Go."
Jiechen led a large group of monks toward the east wing.
But on the way, he was muttering to himself.
Because the east and west wing rooms are in good locations.
Therefore, this group of merchants was settled in the south wing today.
But why... is this thick smoke coming out of the east wing?
Just as he was wondering what was going on, the young novice monk beside him suddenly cried out in alarm, "Oh no! Fire! Fire!"
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