Shanling Temple is now very popular.
As soon as she entered Henglu Mountain, Qing Wu could feel the surging spiritual energy of the place, the lush vegetation and infinite vitality.
Even the Judge Pen sighed: "The rich smell of incense and the people's wishes are all flowing to this place, endlessly. In a few years, the little mountain spirit may be able to condense the Earth Official Seal and truly become a local city god."
The present little mountain spirit was given the name Henglu, and with the power of protection, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is half a step away from being a city god. Once the seal of the earth official is condensed, it will be fully recognized by the order of heaven and earth.
Perhaps because Henglu Mountain has become a blessed land, animals are more sensitive to this than humans. Pojun and Jifeng both seemed very excited. They never stopped eating along the way, constantly chewing the grass on the roadside, and could not be pulled away.
Today they came here to ride horses and say goodbye to Qing. Now they were halfway up the mountain, not far from the Mountain Spirit Temple, so the three decided to walk across the river, leaving a black-armored guard to guard the carriage and horses.
Before leaving, Huo Hongying slapped Ji Feng's horse on the buttocks and said, "You are so picky about the grass on the upper ground, and you are so greedy about eating the weeds on the roadside!"
Mu Ying said: "Henglu Mountain is guarded by mountain spirits, and the plants here are not ordinary."
Huo Hongying was surprised: "Is it true? I always thought it was just a rumor."
Qing Wu suddenly said: "You don't believe in ghosts and gods."
She spoke with a firm tone, and Huo Hongying nodded: "I don't believe it."
After she finished speaking, she thought of something and coughed, "The methods used by those evil Taoist priests in Chuyun Temple to harm people are endless. Take the matter of praying for children for example. I think they must have refined some kind of evil medicine to deceive people.
The well water in the Mountain Spirit Temple should contain the antidote to cure the symptoms of those women. Well, I am not saying that the Mountain Spirit Temple is playing tricks. I know that you, Princess, are doing something wrong. "
Qing Wu nodded mysteriously: "Your guess is very reasonable."
"Isn't it?" Huo Hongying also had an expression of 'I am extremely smart' on her face.
Mu Ying hesitated for a moment and said, "There are also mandrills... I think many people in Longwei Army have seen them."
"Well, a mandrill is just a black-haired monkey." Huo Hongying waved her hand. "That bunch of rough guys just love to talk nonsense every day. Two years ago, my brother's deputy general was seriously injured and fell into a coma. We all thought he was going to die."
"In the end, the guy survived. Guess what he said when he woke up?"
Mu Ying was intrigued by her: "What did you say?"
Huo Hongying laughed and clapped his hands, "That guy said he had traveled to the underworld, but it snowed halfway there, and he met a female ghost in red holding a lantern in her left hand and a pen in her right hand."
There was a moment of dead silence around, and everyone's eyes were directed towards Qing Wu.
Qing Wu listened with great interest and nodded from time to time: "And then?"
Huo Hongying: "The female ghost said that he was too ugly to be seen, and asked why he rushed to reincarnate before he died. Then she kicked him away, and he woke up right after that."
Huo Hongying: "Hahaha! Do you think his joke is funny? If there really is a ghost, what kind of female ghost would be so heartless as to send him back to the living world? Shouldn't she suck his essence?"
Qing Wu: "He is ugly."
"Do ghosts care about beauty and ugliness?"
Qing Wu: "Although it is a ghost, it is not blind. Even flat-feathered beasts like peacocks choose beautiful ones when seeking a mate."
Huo Hongying: "That makes sense, but who knows if ghosts care about beauty or ugliness. There are no ghosts anyway, hahaha~"
Mu Ying: “…”
Everyone: “…”
After Huo Hongying finished laughing, she found that everyone around her was staring at her with a kind and loving look. She scratched her head and asked, "Why are they all looking at me like this?"
Qing Wu smiled kindly: "They envy you."
Huo Hongying: "What is there to envy? Tomorrow I will find some people who are good at telling jokes and tell them to you in the palace. They are no worse than the storytellers in the teahouse."
Everyone: ...You've said too much. Don't say it next time.
Qing Wu smiled and glanced at everyone. Everyone else subconsciously avoided her gaze. Only Mu Ying looked at her with a probing look, as if hesitating to speak.
Qing Wu blinked and changed the subject naturally: "There are quite a lot of people coming to the Mountain Spirit Temple today."
"Really." Huo Hongying nodded. Along the way, she met many people with the surname of "Tian". "Are you here to ask for water from the well of Shanling Temple?"
"No." Qing Wu shook her head and suddenly stopped moving.
She squinted her eyes and looked ahead, clicking her tongue.
Mu Ying was perceptive: "Is something going to happen?"
Before Qing Wu could say anything, a red shadow rushed over and pounced straight towards Qing Wu.
"Be careful." Huo Hongying was about to take action but was stopped by Qing Wu.
"fine."
A little fox jumped onto Qing Wu's shoulder, staring at Huo Hongying curiously with its big watery eyes. Before it could speak, Qing Wu pinched its mouth.
Huo Hongying took a deep breath and her heart melted: "What a beautiful fat fox!"
Little Fox: You call someone fat when you meet them, how polite of you! I didn't eat your chicken!
"Did something happen at the Shanling Temple?" Qing Wu pinched the little fox's fat tail.
Little Fox: "Squeak!"
Qing Wu nodded, "It's just another boring and dull show, I won't watch it anymore."
Huo Hongying was confused. "What did it say? Princess, can you speak animal language?"
Qing Wu roughly relayed the story.
A person was missing from the Shanling Temple, and the servants in the other mansion were looking for him everywhere.
Qing Wu didn't want to join in the fun, but Huo Hongying was very curious. She asked the guards on her side to go over and inquire, and then she sat down in a nearby pavilion with Qing Wu and the others.
The pavilion is located on the edge of a cliff, with a wide view, making it a good place for viewing.
After a while, the Huo family guard came and reported the situation to Huo Hongying.
"Situ Wei? The concubine sister of Anping County Lord? Why is she here?"
The guard replied, "It is said that they came here to give alms to the surname Qi. The surname Qi around here also heard the news and rushed here today. There were a lot of people just now. The second Miss Situ said that she was not feeling well and went into the temple to take a rest. Then she disappeared."
"Right now, the servants of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion are searching all over the mountains and plains for someone."
Huo Hongying stroked her chin and said, "A living person disappeared in broad daylight. Could she have been abducted? She was the prince's concubine. Who would be so bold?"
The guard glanced in the direction of Qing Wu and said, "People from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion are looking for trouble with the temple keeper, saying that the person was missing from the temple, and Shanling Temple is not unrelated."
Huo Hongying frowned and snorted, "This is inexplicable. Are you looking for trouble with the Mountain Spirit Temple? It's obviously..."
She paused and looked into the pavilion.
The relationship between the Henglu Mountain Spiritual Temple and the Prince Yan's Mansion was no secret. Huo Hongying now doubted whether Situ Wei's whereabouts were a deliberate trap set up by the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to frame the Mountain Spiritual Temple and involve the Prince Yan's Mansion.
Qing Wu sat by the railing, holding her chin with one hand and eating hickory nuts she had gotten from somewhere with the other hand, looking as if it had nothing to do with her.
She chewed the walnut slowly and suddenly threw the walnut in her hand downwards. Half of the pavilion was suspended in the air, and below it was a slope with lush trees.
Qing Wu glanced at a certain place below and said lazily: "It's not that complicated. Maybe he just wants to leave on his own."
Under the tangled branches of the slope, as the walnut fell, the heart of the woman hiding among the branches began to beat violently.
Situ Wei covered her mouth and looked in horror through the gap at the beautiful woman sitting on the railing, her heart pounding wildly.
This woman found her!
She must have been spotted!!
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