"From what I heard from her, at least she knew about the brocade thing, so it doesn't seem to be all lies..."
"If a lie is fabricated entirely, it will be full of loopholes and will always be susceptible to being found wrong. Most people will mix lies with the truth to gain credibility and achieve their own goals. Even if the listener detects a discrepancy, they can't be sure which is true and which is false."
"But if she's lying, how can we ask her for help with the brocade weaving?"
"Aside from this piece of brocade, she must have other plans for us. Finding out what she wants from us might reveal the truth. This is far more direct and accurate than a vague prophecy. Chen Shi'an is a meticulous and thoughtful person. When the secret seal appeared, countless eyes throughout Huozhou were watching, both openly and covertly. She lost something on her own territory, and she will definitely be extremely cautious if it happens again. Firstly, she knew I must have concerns about the Shen family, so she couldn't send someone too clever to take charge in Yueyuan, which is why Chen Linlin appeared. Secondly, she deliberately used the Buddhist beads as a bargaining chip, which was actually a test."
But what are you testing?
If no one had seen it with their own eyes, no one would know the true purpose of that string of Buddhist beads, right?
However, thinking of the old woman's expression when she mentioned the surname "Zhongli", and the Shen family's two reactions to the Buddhist beads, Xiao Nanhui became uncertain again.
Ding Weixiang obviously thought the same thing. After he had freed himself from the great embarrassment, he fell into unprecedented anxiety.
"Master, you wouldn't really want to exchange your Buddhist beads for that prophecy whose truth or falsity is unknown, would you?"
"I won't change, and neither will she." Su Wei paused and said his conclusion, "Because what she wants must be something else."
Almost at the same time, Xiao Nanhui also had some guesses.
"Mr. Zong once mentioned to me that the Heavenly Ribbon is paired with the Imperial Seal. If this piece of brocade in our hands is the Heavenly Ribbon that contains the important prophecy, then what she really wants most is most likely the Secret Seal."
Or rather, it is the same secret hidden in them.
But in this case...
"Then why didn't Chen Shian just ask for the secret seal in exchange?"
Ding Weixiang asked her doubts, but Su Wei turned her gaze to the setting sun outside the window.
"Perhaps she thinks the price of this item is too high, or perhaps... she actually knows that the secret seal is not with us at the moment."
The journey to Heimu County is uncertain and full of dangers. There seems to be no reason to carry the secret seal, a national treasure that was lost and then found again.
But Xiao Nanhui noticed something strange.
She remembered that during the spring hunt, he had suddenly entrusted something to her. She had thought it was a spur-of-the-moment empty city tactic. Now, it seemed there might be another reason.
"Did you deliberately not bring that thing with you?"
His eyes were still looking out the window, and seemed to be looking at somewhere in the distance.
"I have a theory, but it's not confirmed yet. So I can't keep it with me for the time being. However, I've asked two old friends to help look after it. They're both honest people and will definitely do their best."
An honest man? Is there any honest man around this guy?
Xiao Nanhui was full of doubt at this and nodded perfunctorily.
Thinking of the fierce battle she would have to fight in the evening, she put her doubts aside for the moment and lowered her head to eat her meal in big mouthfuls.
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In midsummer the days are long and the nights are short, but in the mountains the sun still sets earlier than elsewhere.
It was already getting dark in the Zen temple of Yongye Temple after half of the You hour.
At night, there were no more pilgrims, and the temple's candle expenses were primarily used in the main hall. The side halls and inner courtyards were often dark from sunset to dawn. Over time, everyone got used to it, and except for the monks on night watch who would light oil lamps, everyone else would go out in the dark.
After the evening class, the monks took their meals back to their rooms. Zhuyu brought out a bowl filled with food and walked towards the Sutra Library behind the side hall.
Although the Sutra Repository still bears the name of a sutra repository, it actually no longer contains any valuable scriptures. The monks who have spent a few years at Yongye Temple know that the abbot had long since moved the temple's most valuable items to the back of the main hall.
It was a remote place, and at night even mosquitoes were too lazy to visit. However, today, the light of a candle shone through the cracked door of the palace.
Zhuyu pushed open the door of the hall, walked around the scattered ancient pharmacopoeias at her feet, picked up the fan on the wooden stand and waved it, trying to disperse the water vapor and medicinal mist around her.
The wooden shelves in the hall were moved away, and an abandoned incense table was placed in the middle. On the incense table was a square piece of beautiful green jade. In front of the jade was a man in white clothes sitting with his back to the door, busy with something.
Candlefish coughed lightly.
"Donor Hao, dinner is ready."
The man in white turned around, and his eyes, which had become big and round due to hunger, stared at the bowl in the little monk's hand without blinking.
His nostrils dilated slightly, his nostrils contracted, and his wide-open eyes lost their light in an instant after he saw clearly what was in the bowl.
Zhuyu seemed completely oblivious to the changing expressions on the man's face. She handed the bowl in her hand to him and considerately handed him a pair of chopsticks.
"It has rained a lot these past few days, so the radishes and cabbages are growing exceptionally well. You are in for a treat."
Good fortune? When did radishes and cabbages become worthy of the word "good fortune"?
Hao Bai looked down at the bowl in his hand and saw a sea of green. He then looked up at the things on the table, which were also green.
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