Lingxi and his disciples looked back in disbelief, and when they saw Qin Shu walking towards them quickly, they froze.
Lingxi asked with a guilty look on her face: "Thank...Mrs. Xie, why are you here?"
Qin Shu rushed forward and repeated the previous question: "What do you mean by what you just said? Who died?"
What kind of emperor has fallen? Go to the Xie family in Beijing to pay your respects.
Qin Shu listened and felt angry, but at the same time, the inexplicable uneasiness and panic she had felt before finally seemed to have settled.
Lingxi stared at Qin Shu with pity, and said, "A close friend of mine passed away. The secret realm is about to be opened, and I can't get away. I asked my eldest disciple to go to Beijing City to restore our friendship over the years."
He lies without blinking an eye.
Qin Shu frowned tightly and looked at Lingxi suspiciously: "Why did I hear you mention the Xie family just now?"
"Xie family? Madam Xie must have heard it wrong." Lingxi looked confused and asked in surprise: "Speaking of the Xie family, why haven't I seen Mr. Xie recently? He hasn't appeared for a long time."
Qin Shu saw that his expression did not seem fake, and the anger that was evident in her words subsided slightly.
She said, "Brother Lan is back in Beijing for a meeting. He will be here in a few days."
The pity in Lingxi's eyes deepened: "Really? I wonder if Mr. Xie will show up before the secret realm opens."
Qin Shu looked into his eyes and felt a chill on her back. She said angrily, "Master Lingxi, for the sake of our cooperation for so many years, please speak directly and don't keep me in suspense. I don't understand your hidden meaning."
Something must have happened!
Qin Shu could feel that Lingxi's words, actions and expressions were all hinting at something to her.
Lingxi shook her head gently, with pity and sorrow in her eyes: "Thank you Madam, for revealing the secret. Some words you say will shorten my life. You have to find the answer yourself."
Having said that, he turned and left in a hurry.
Qin Shu raised her foot and chased after him: "Stop!"
She blocked Lingxi's way and asked in a trembling voice, "Did Xie Lanzhi get into trouble?"
Lingxi's expression showed neither joy nor sadness. She stared at Qin Shu with calm eyes without saying a word.
The more solemn his expression became, the more flustered Qin Shu became.
Qin Shu's hands hanging by her side trembled slightly: "Just nod and shake your head, tell me, is Xie Lanzhi in trouble?"
Lingxi shook her head gently: "Thank you Madam, I've lost twenty years of my life by speaking this."
Knowing that the price of revealing the secret was so high, Qin Shu's face turned pale and she stood there in a daze.
After a while, she slightly moved aside to make way: "Sorry."
Lingxi walked away, and when she passed Qin Shu, she couldn't help but speak.
"Madam Xie, I recently heard an interesting story. The day before yesterday, a strange phenomenon occurred in Yunxiao Mountain. A violent storm covered the entire mountain. The path at the foot of the mountain was not hit by a single drizzle of rain. The thunder and lightning storm only attacked Yunxiao Mountain.
Passers-by passing by Yunxiao Mountain smelled the bloody smell all over the mountain, and they didn’t know whose blood it was, but even heavy rain couldn’t wash it away.”
Qin Shu said absentmindedly, "It should be that the beasts in the mountains were struck by lightning, which attracted more beasts to fight and kill, causing large-scale casualties and bloodshed."
This kind of thing is very common, and Qin Shu didn't take it to heart.
Lingxi saw it, shook his head in his heart, and said to his disciples, "There is a Taoist temple called Tianyuan on Yunxiao Mountain. There are not many incense sticks on the mountain because you need to climb 88,000 steps to get to the Taoist temple. Ordinary people will be out of breath after walking up a few thousand steps, let alone tens of thousands or even 80,000 steps."
The eldest disciple followed suit and said, "Master, I heard that there is a legend in the Taoist temple on Yunxiao Mountain that as long as you kowtow with each step and continue to kowtow up the 88,000 steps in one breath, whatever you wish for will come true."
Lingxi: "Master has also heard of this legend, but unfortunately, up to now, no one has ever been so foolish."
The eldest disciple said: "Climbing eighty-eight steps, bowing once for each step, this is going to kill you!"
"Who says it's not true? Only idiots in this world would do this..."
The sound of the conversation between the master and the disciple became increasingly distant until it could no longer be heard.
Qin Shu stood there, looking at their disappearing backs, then turned around and quickly left the forest.
She found Qin Hairui talking to someone among the crowd on the bank of the creek, and pulled him out by grabbing his wrist.
Qin Shu asked in a deep voice: "Brother, what has Lingxi been doing during this period?"
Qin Hairui rubbed his wrist which was clenched so hard that it hurt, and pouted, "What else can he do besides eating and drinking for free? I heard that Lingxi, with his ability to tell fortunes with his fingers, has become very close to several uncles and cousins of our Qin family, and they are almost like a family."
Qin Shu frowned, "Is there anything else wrong with him?"
Qin Hairui looked thoughtful and shook his head: "No, Lingxi has always been eating and drinking. When they are free, they often go hunting together to improve their food."
Seeing that Qin Shu's face was not looking good, Qin Hairui asked, "Did something happen?"
Qin Shu's thoughts were in a mess. She bit her lip and said, "I don't know either. I'll go change my clothes first and talk about it after we get down the mountain!"
She had a hunch that something might have happened to Xie Lanzhi.
"Okay, I'll accompany you!" Qin Hairui followed closely.
On the way down the mountain, Qin Shu kept calling Xie Lanzhi, but the signal was intermittent and the call could not be connected.
After coming down the mountain, Qin Shu found the children first.
Her eyes were grim, and she asked in a deep voice, "Has your father really returned to Beijing?"
The expressions of Xie Dongyang and others suddenly changed.
Qin Shu saw guilt and nervousness on their faces, so how could she not understand that the children were lying.
She gnashed her teeth in anger: "You guys are such good guys! I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
Qin Shu returned to the room, tidied up briefly, picked up the car keys and walked out.
Qin Hairui was startled: "Ashu, where are you going?"
"Go find Xie Lanzhi!" Qin Shu said without turning back.
Xie Lanzhi's call was unreachable, the children were still lying, and Lingxi's subtle reminders made Qin Shu's heart fall to the bottom.
Qin Hairui rushed forward to stop him: "No! You can't leave now. Going to Beijing and back takes too long. Grandpa said he will come to find you in five days. You must first ensure that you can survive. It will be the same if you go to find Xie Lanzhi after everything is resolved!"
If Qin Shu left at this time, she would undoubtedly be giving up her life. How could Qin Hairui allow her to leave impulsively?
Qin Shu's eyes turned red, and she growled, "Something might have happened to Xie Lanzhi!"
Qin Hairui's guilty conscience aside, Xie Chennan turned pale after hearing this and asked in a trembling voice, "What happened to Dad?"
The faces of Xie Dongyang and others also turned pale.
Qin Shu stared at them and sneered, "So you still care about Dad. Are you going to wait until he dies before you tell me what he is doing?"
"Mom!" Xie Dongyang couldn't bear to hear such words, and walked in front of Qin Shu: "I know what Dad is doing!"
Qin Shu looked up at her older son who was taller than her, without saying a word, waiting for him to be honest.
Xie Dongyang's throat tightened, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Lingxi told Dad that if he wanted you to wake up, he would have to let Dad exchange his fate. During this time, Dad flew to temples and Taoist temples all over the country to pray to the gods... Dad did so much just to hope that you would wake up."
Qin Shu's pupils trembled, and she asked in disbelief: "You mean, for the past two months, your father has been bowing his head every day and praying to the gods and Buddhas for me?"
"Yeah, we only found out about this in the past two days." Xie Dongyang nodded with difficulty, touching the wound on his face: "That's why I had a fight with Lingxi."
Xie Chennan added, "In fact, this matter cannot be blamed on Master Lingxi. Great-grandfather told Dad the same thing at the beginning. It's just that Dad didn't understand what great-grandfather meant, so he went to ask Master Lingxi for advice."
"Xie Lanzhi, you fool!" Qin Shu was angry and annoyed, and cursed in a crying voice.
Xie Lanzhi appears to be gentle and friendly, but in fact he is rebellious at heart and does not believe in fate, let alone ghosts and gods.
Such a man who was so proud to the core actually knelt down and worshipped all the gods and Buddhas for her!
Qin Shu's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand. It hurt so much that she felt suffocated and even breathing hurt!
China is so big, with temples and Taoist temples everywhere. How many steps must Xie Lanzhi have kneeled on in the past two months!
Qin Shu wiped the tears from her eyes fiercely, turned her head to look at Qin Hairui who was blocking her way, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, if anything happens to Xie Lanzhi, I will never forgive myself, let alone live."
Qin Hairui's face turned pale: "Are you really going to look for him?"
Qin Shu raised her chin slightly, her face full of determination: "Yes!"
Qin Hairui took a deep breath and asked again: "Grandpa agreed to meet you in five days, and you gave up too?"
Qin Shu said without hesitation: "As long as Xie Lanzhi is fine, I will definitely go to the appointment."
Qin Hairui saw that she was determined to leave, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll take you there!"
Since you can't stop it, just choose to join!
Qin Hairui thought that with him watching over her, Qin Shu could return in time in five days.
"Let's go too!" Xie Dongyang's five siblings followed suit.
Qin Shu said without even turning her head: "Everyone get in the car!"
However, just as the domineering off-road vehicle drove out of Yushan Village, Qin Shu's cell phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Qin Shuyang shouted loudly: "Stop the car!"
Her fingers trembled uncontrollably as she pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
A familiar male voice came from the phone.
The voice is as gentle and pleasant as ever, with a heart-warming low-pitched sensibility.
Qin Shu almost cried when she heard Xie Lanzhi's voice.
She suppressed the bitterness in her heart and asked as calmly as possible: "Xie Lanzhi, where are you now?"
Xie Lanzhi chuckled: "Ah Shu, you finally woke up. I will be in Beijing recently. The cabinet is a bit busy, so I can't accompany you next time."
Qin Shu said without thinking: "Then I'll go find you!"
A man's joyful laughter came from the phone, and he asked jokingly, "Ashu, do you miss me so much?"
Qin Shu changed her usual resistance and nodded frankly.
She just nodded, and then realized that Xie Lanzhi couldn't see her, so she said, "Brother Lan, I miss you and want to see you very much."
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