A woman who had just arrived happened to recognize Master Wu Nian and approached her with concern, "Young Master, what's wrong with Master? Are you feeling unwell?"
A young nun glanced at Su Li and replied, "Master, you're fine..."
"What happened? Why is the nun lying here?"
"I don't know yet, but I'll know once the abbot arrives..."
At this time, a familiar female voice came from outside the door
"Hey, what happened?"
As Pei Mingyue arrived with her two maids, they saw a lot of people gathered at the door of the dining room. Judging from their clothes, there were pilgrims and monks from the nunnery.
Just as I was curious, I saw a person lying on the ground as soon as I entered the door: "Isn't this Master Wu Nian? What happened to her?"
In the past few years, she and her mother came to Qingyou Temple to pray for blessings, and it was Master Wunian who received them, so she recognized her.
A young nun repeated what she had just said to the woman.
"I see..."
"Ayue." Su Li called her.
"Hmm?" Pei Mingyue looked up and saw Su Li, very surprised. "Ali! Why are you here? Oh, are you here to pray for your husband?"
She remembered Su Li saying that her husband was a candidate for the spring examination this year.
Su Li nodded in response: "Yes, what about you?"
"My mother and I are here to pray for my second brother. He is also a candidate for the imperial examination this year." His tone was full of pride.
Her second brother was the top scorer in the imperial examination last autumn.
Then he remembered that there was a person lying on the ground, so he quickly asked in a low voice: "Su Li, do you know what happened?"
Su Li said calmly: "I did it."
"Ah?" Pei Mingyue was a little surprised, "Did this nun commit a crime?" Although Su Li was good at martial arts, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would beat people for no reason.
Su Li nodded.
"Did you really commit a crime?" She just said it casually. "What kind of crime could a monk commit?"
Su Li kept it a secret: "You'll know in a moment..."
"Master Abbot!"
"Uncle Master!"
At this time, the abbess of Qingyou Temple also came, and with her came a noble lady.
"Master Abbot, this is the donor." On the way here, Jingxin had already told Master Abbot the general outline of the matter, and as soon as he came in, he pointed at Su Li.
The nunnery owner was a middle-aged nun in her forties. She looked at Su Li, clasped her hands together and said compassionately, "Amitabha, benefactor, I am here. Could you tell me what happened to Wu Nian?"
Just as everyone looked at Su Li, curious about what was going on, she smiled lightly and said, "Master Nun, this Master Wu Nian is a fugitive who committed theft in my hometown many years ago. She stole extremely valuable things from others and caused them to lose their lives. I am planning to send her to the authorities..."
Of course, she would not reveal the true identity of Master Wu Nian here. Just now when Zeng Tian fell to the ground, many ladies and young ladies recognized her, which meant that these people had come into contact with him and were even familiar with him.
If the fact that Nun Wu Nian was the notorious flower thief were to be exposed, in ancient times when women's reputation was extremely important, even those ladies who had only had contact with the flower thief and nothing had happened to them would be spread with extremely unpleasant rumors.
Therefore, the fact that Master Wu Nian of Qingyou Temple was a flower thief must not be made public, as it would damage the reputation of many women.
However, she had to give the abbot a reason to take people away, and also give the curious people here a reason to avoid random guesses.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and began to discuss: "This nun is actually a thief who escaped?"
"Tsk tsk! I really can't tell..."
"He's still a monk..."
"Could this be a mistake? Master Wu Nian is a very nice person..."
"This?" The nun was also stunned. She had never expected Wu Nian to commit such a heinous act and even kill someone. "Donor, did you recognize the wrong person?"
Su Li said firmly, "Master, I will not admit my mistake. Besides, whether I have admitted my mistake or not will be clear to the authorities."
Hearing her say this, everyone began to believe it more than before. Master Wu Nian was just a Buddhist nun, so who would frame her for no reason?
The nunnery headmaster sighed and said, "Since that's the case, let's send Wu Nian to the authorities first..."
Su Li said, "Then I will take him away and hand him over to the authorities. Please ask the nun to send someone to help..."
The carriage was outside the Qingyou Temple. She couldn't carry a man with weak muscles onto the carriage by herself, even though he was thin and short.
The head nun nodded in response and gave instructions to a few young nuns.
Afterwards, a tall nun struggled to carry Master Wu Nian on her back and walked out of the nunnery, with several younger nuns following behind to support her.
Su Li was about to say goodbye to Pei Mingyue, but Pei Mingyue said first, "A Li, I'll go with you. Please wait a moment."
"Hmm?" Su Li was surprised. However, if Pei Mingyue went back to the city with her, she would be happy. At least with her status as a young lady from a marquis's mansion, her carriage wouldn't need to be inspected when entering the city. This would save her from having to explain herself if she brought someone to the capital: "Aren't you going to pray for your brother?"
"My mother prays for blessings in the same way," he said, looking at his mother and introducing her, "Mom, this is A Li."
Only then did Su Li realize that the person who had just come in with the abbess was Pei Mingyue's mother, the wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan.
She bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Greetings, Madam." The wife of a marquis was a lady of the first rank. As a woman without an imperial decree, it would have been fine if she didn't recognize the other party, but since she knew her identity, she still had to bow according to etiquette.
The wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan knew that the Ali her daughter was talking about was the person who had saved her before, but she only knew that she was a woman from an ordinary family. She didn't expect that this young woman had such a dignified demeanor, and when she saw her, her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and there was no flattery at all. She was quite a good person.
Then he nodded and smiled kindly, "Madam Su, thank you very much for Ah Yue's matter. If you have time, please come to the mansion often."
Su Li smiled lightly: "Madam, you are too polite..."
Seeing the nuns carrying Nun Wu Nian away, Pei Mingyue said directly: "Mother, I will go back to the city with A Li first."
The wife of the Ningyuan Marquis glanced at her daughter, shook her head and said helplessly: "Go, remember to bring the guards with you..."
"I understand, A Li, let's go." Pei Mingyue said as she pulled Su Li and was about to leave.
"Then I'll take my leave." After Su Li said goodbye to the wife of Ningyuan Hou, he left the room with Pei Mingyue.
When leaving Qingyou Temple, Su Li stopped by the dormitory where he lived to pick up the bag he had brought with him, and then went to the dormitory in front to call the coachman.
When she came out, she asked several young nuns to carry Master Wu Nian into the carriage. The nuns couldn't lift her up no matter how hard they tried, so the coachman hurried to help. With the combined efforts of several people, they finally managed to move the person into the carriage.
The coachman couldn't help but wonder, this nun doesn't look fat, why is she so heavy?
At this time, a luxurious carriage arrived, followed by four mounted guards. Pei Mingyue said, "A Li, it's not convenient for Nun Wu Nian to be here. Why don't you come with me in the carriage?"
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