Chapter 189: Family Relocation (Part 2)
After the master sighed, he was still puzzled: "Why did you suddenly think of the Hanging Temple?"
When Pei Yuanwei was unsure how to respond, the elder master asked casually, "Let me ask the county government, and then we can discuss the departure."
"yes."
The master thought it was no small matter, so after talking with Pei Yuanwei, he immediately went to the county government office in person.
After all, they were not there at the time, and apart from learning from the officials that Pei Jia was found in the pigpen... they knew nothing else.
The county magistrate welcomed the master into the house. Not long after, the master came out with a lot of questions in his mind.
"Master, have you found out anything during the interrogation? How dare that thief kidnap Pei Jia in Heqing?" The eldest lady asked with concern.
“No trial.”
"What? This prison officer shouldn't be so incompetent."
The eldest master sighed: "The thief was taken away by Prince Danshuo. I am afraid that there are other things involved that we cannot investigate in depth."
The eldest master had never entered the government, but he knew that the court was treacherous. He was worried after this trip, and when he returned, he didn't need Pei Yuanwei's persuasion and directly decided to take refuge in a Buddhist temple for the entire Pei family.
He also persuaded the old man and even thought of an excuse to make for this trip.
The Pei family packed their luggage in a hurry.
Yin Ping was curious: "Why is there such a big scene all of a sudden?"
Miss Pei Jiu came to the courtyard to talk with Cheng Nianying, and when she heard the voice, she said, "We are going to stay in the temple for a while and chant scriptures to pray for the people."
Yin Ping was stunned when he heard this, and quickly turned around and asked, "Miss, are you going too?"
"Um."
Cheng Nianying didn't expect it to be so easy, so she decided to follow Pei Fu.
Yin Ping quickly said, "Then I can't be left behind. I have to go with you!"
Cheng Nianying was puzzled: "Since you sent me to Heqing, it's time for you to go back to Yin Heng."
Yin Ping hesitated, "Well, there's no rush. After all, the master doesn't need me right now. I'm willing to be a pawn in front of the lady."
Cheng Nianying opened her mouth to speak.
Pei Yuanwei brought Pei Jia over.
Pei Jia and Ninth Girl discussed what to bring with them, while Pei Yuanwei sat down in front of Cheng Nianying and said, "They want to go to Yusong Temple."
"That is..."
"Pei Jia worshipped there when he was young." Pei Yuanwei finished speaking, lowered his head and thought for a moment before asking, "But this place can't protect you, right? It has to be the Hanging Temple?"
"……Um."
"Ordinary people cannot enter the imperial temple, do you know?" Pei Yuanwei asked seriously.
Cheng Nianying was stunned for a moment: "I don't know."
Fu Yi only said it was the imperial temple, but did not mention this matter.
"Did Prince Danshuo ask you to go?"
"Hmm."
"Chu Zhen...his death was too easy." Pei Yuanwei muttered, then asked slowly and in a complex tone, "Prince Danshuo left Heqing so easily. What did he do in exchange with you?"
"Exchange? He never does it again."
Pei Yuanwei was stunned.
Seeing that he didn't believe her, Cheng Nianying said, "Really, he doesn't want anything."
Pei Yuanwei went from being stunned to being astonished.
Is this possible?
Sometimes you don’t ask for anything, but you achieve the greatest goal!
Pei Yuanwei met Cheng Nianying's innocent eyes and swallowed back his doubts. Well, well, although she knew how to collect the body, she didn't understand human nature.
He just needs to be more careful and there's no need to scare her by saying it out loud now.
Pei Yuanwei was preoccupied when a servant came running in and said someone wanted to see Miss Jiang.
Cheng Nianying turned around: "Who is it?"
"A woman."
Who is that?
Pei Yuanwei immediately asked his servant to bring the person over.
After a while, before anyone arrived, the cat's meow was heard.
Cheng Nianying's eyes lit up: "Mother Zou!"
"The master specially kept me here." Mother Zou handed the cat to Cheng Nianying.
Cheng Nianying took it happily.
Seeing her like this, Pei Yuanwei's frown relaxed a little.
In the sunshine.
A faint glint of light flashed from the cat's body, but it quickly disappeared into Cheng Nianying's sleeve. The kitten was darting around happily.
Pei Yuanwei didn't want to disturb the joy at this moment and walked out quietly.
The "master" this woman is talking about is Prince Danshuo?
Pei Yuanwei clenched his palms.
He had been thinking of waiting until Pei Jia was found, and then going to meet him and ask about Prince Danshuo's attitude, so that Xiaohe could escape.
But he is not even qualified to visit.
I had no choice but to walk back step by step for the time being.
…
There was an extra person named Madam Zou in the team leaving Pei Mansion, but she was not very noticeable.
Because of the previous incident of Pei Jia's kidnapping, after leaving Heqing City, no one in the Pei Mansion dared to relax.
Some of the younger generations couldn't stand this kind of atmosphere, and after a few days, they became depressed.
While resting in the inn, he murmured quietly, "Why is there such a big scene? Is there anyone who can tie up so many of us?"
The eldest lady came over gracefully. Upon hearing the noise, she didn't blame them. She just smiled and said, "You can't stand it anymore? This is a good opportunity to teach you a lesson."
Cheng Nianying leaned against the railing, slowly straightened up, and stopped listening to the sound downstairs.
Pei Jia came over and asked, "Why are you in a daze here?"
"Did they go to buy horses?" Cheng Nianying turned around and asked.
"Yes." Pei Jia responded, "Are you thinking that someone had tampered with what happened today?"
As they were about to enter the city, the wheel of one of the carriages came off, the carriage suddenly tilted over, and a horse was scared away.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
The elders of the Pei Mansion had seen some of the world, and they didn't even look surprised. They just ordered their subordinates to check again and again.
"Hmm." Cheng Nianying's face was cold. This kind of probing made her unhappy. It was as if a knife was hanging over her head, and she didn't know when it would fall.
"Don't worry. Just as they said, with so many people guarding one place, and my fellow disciples accompanying us, who would dare to act recklessly?"
Pei Jia said in a powerful voice: "Come again, this place is not far from the Hanging Temple."
As Pei Jia finished speaking, the sound of a door being pushed open was heard behind him.
They turned to look.
It was the waiter who brought the water into the house. After putting the water down, the waiter left without saying a word.
Pei Jia touched his chin and said, "This waiter didn't even say a single auspicious word."
Cheng Nianying's eyes moved slightly, and she followed quietly.
Before Pei Jia could react, he waited until her figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs and murmured quickly, "Is there something wrong with that waiter?"
The waiter went downstairs, turned into the backyard, and then entered the kitchen.
In the kitchen, a young man with a cloth tangled around his head was chopping sauerkraut with a kitchen knife, his face expressionless. The thick chopping board made a thumping sound.
"They are going to the Hanging Temple!" said the waiter.
The man looked up: "...Hanging Temple?"
"It's the Imperial Temple. If we go in there, we can't follow us anymore." The waiter said anxiously.
"Got it." The man wiped the minced meat on his hands on his skirt, put the kitchen knife into the chopping board, turned around and walked out.
He opened the kitchen door with one hand.
The girl was as light as a swallow and her moves were as fast as lightning. She bent her slender five fingers and reached straight towards the neck.
It was Cheng Nianying who followed.
The man didn't even have time to be stunned. He almost instinctively tilted his head, twisted his body, pulled out another kitchen knife from the wall, and swung it towards Cheng Nianying's palm.
This instinctive reaction is enough to explain his identity.
Cheng Nianying didn't show any fear at all; instead, her eyes sparkled. Finally, she didn't have to wait patiently for the knife to fall!
She raised her left hand.
There is a "ding" sound.
A dagger collided with the blade of a kitchen knife.
The blade was often used to chop pork bones, and the notches and curled edges were not trimmed. It was not as sharp as the dagger in Cheng Nianying's hand. Not only did it fail to advance an inch, but it also cut a thin notch.
Both sides were a little surprised when they met.
"You're being followed, idiot," the man hissed.
Cheng Nianying felt a slight numbness in the palm of her hand, surprised by the man's great strength and sharp reaction.
The next moment, the man raised his knife again and slashed at Cheng Nianying's solar plexus.
The waiter murmured from behind, "Impossible! How could it be possible? If she was following us, how could I not notice her?"
As he spoke, he pulled out the knife from the vegetable mound, and then ran towards Cheng Nianying with a fierce look on his face.
Only then did Cheng Nianying dodge the man's knife.
I only heard the man curse: "Get away!"
But these words were said to the waiter.
"Don't bother me!" he added.
He is extremely proud of his own abilities.
Cheng Nianying's body was as nimble as a snake, and she placed her hands on the man's shoulder.
The man remained calm, and with a cracking sound of his bones, he broke free from Cheng Nianying's fingers. Then he moved like a ghost and rushed towards Cheng Nianying.
This is completely different from the killer who captured Pei Jia.
The man was also surprised: "Are you from the building?"
Cheng Nianying felt something was wrong when she heard this.
The killers didn't come to catch the traitor? They had no idea that she was the one who betrayed her from the building!
They... were paid and entrusted to kill her!
Who wants to kill her? Is it the same person who sent people to kill Qin Yurong?
The thought raced through his mind in the blink of an eye. The man discarded his kitchen knife and fished out several thin blades from behind his waist, holding them between his fingertips. The blades were more flexible, and as his fingers flew, one flew out, another flipped, and passed by Cheng Nianying's skin, leaving a bloody mark in an instant.
Cheng Nianying backhanded the ball, used the force to fly up, and kicked him in the chin with her toes.
The man smiled and said, "I taught you this trick."
Cheng Nianying failed to kick him, and with a turn of her toes, she simply hooked the cloth covering his face off.
Revealing a face that was too pale.
Not only was his face white, his eyebrows were white too, and even his pupils were covered with a thin layer of white film. An old scar at the corner of his mouth made it more difficult for him to close his mouth completely than for an ordinary person, revealing his sharp canine teeth.
Like a monster.
The man raised his hand and grabbed the strip of cloth, his face looking ugly and slightly ferocious.
Cheng Nianying breathed lighter. She had heard his name before - Master Ruan.
One of the host's right and left arms.
He came to kill her, and he was determined to put her to death.
Cheng Nianying licked her lower lip vigorously and moved forward with the knife in hand.
…
Pei Jia called the monks and said, "I think I saw a bad guy!"
"Amitabha, let's go!"
*
At that time in the imperial capital, the killer who was brought back opened his eyes drowsily and found himself in a dim candlelight, surrounded by iron walls, like a prison.
"Do you recognize him?" The voice of Prince Danshuo rang out.
Zizhu stood below, nervously considering it for a moment, then shook her head.
"Light up the lights." Fu Yi ordered.
Then the candlelight became brighter, and the killer saw two people hanging on the gallows nearby.
"They are also killers in your building, and they are good at using arrows." Fu Yi said lightly.
He asked the killer, "Do you know them?"
The killer swallowed his saliva when he heard that he was good with arrows and thought of the long-missing... Dong Da and Dong Xiao.
They looked like they didn't know whether to live or die.
"It seems you know him." Fu Yi said.
The killer was so frightened that his scalp was tingling, but he didn't say anything.
"Then you should be someone who lives in Yujing permanently. Come on, tell me, where is your building located?" Fu Yi smiled.
Catching one or two killers is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause.
It would be better to demolish the entire "building".
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