Chapter 381 Substitute
Go to San Sheng Temple.
The nunnery is very big and has many nuns, but it is not very popular.
Apart from the common people who come to the temple to eat vegetarian food, there are not many pilgrims.
After Miaomiao's family arrived at San Sheng Temple, the first thing they did was to solve the problem of food and clothing.
I also took a look at the surrounding environment.
It is no different from an ordinary nunnery.
If there is any difference, it is that it is a bit poor, and the tables and chairs are old and a bit damaged.
It is said that this is the place where the concubines of the previous emperor practiced cultivation, but there is no trace of any concubines.
It’s impossible to see it even if you think about it.
The current emperor is old, and the concubines of the previous emperor have either become old nuns or have been buried.
Therefore, the people supervising this place should have withdrawn long ago.
Jiang Zijin was able to escape so easily thanks to the nuns in the temple turning a blind eye.
He is so brave.
Xiuxiu asked around and came back, "Sister, there is indeed a girl sent to the nunnery by a yamen runner. She is about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her Buddhist name is Jingchen. She must be Jiang Zijin's substitute."
"I'll go ask the abbot, you guys go look around." Lu Qingyao said.
"If I ask directly, will it alert the enemy?" Xiuxiu was puzzled.
Lu Qingyao smiled and said, "We are not afraid of alerting the snake. We just want to lure it out of its hole. The crime of deceiving the emperor is too serious and will implicate many people. Let's see if we can force her to show herself."
Lu Qingyao went alone to find the abbot of San Sheng Temple.
In the Buddhist temple.
An old nun is beating a wooden fish.
The sound of the wooden fish was interrupted by a woman who suddenly broke in.
"You must be Nun Juehui, sorry to bother you. I am a relative of Young Master Jingchen. Her grandmother is seriously ill, so she asked me to come and ask her to go back and see her for the last time." Lu Qingyao looked anxious, and ignoring the little nun's attempt to stop her, she strode up to the old nun.
Master Juehui's face was calm, and she was not at all angry because of Lu Qingyao's recklessness.
But she soon discovered the problem.
He looked up at Lu Qingyao and said, "Jingchen's grandmother has long passed away. Why would you pretend to be her relative?"
From what Master Juehui said, Lu Qingyao was certain that this old nun knew about Jiang Zijin's family background.
Knowing this, he still dared to protect her. I don’t know what his purpose was.
She explained, "Please forgive me, Master. It was a slip of the tongue. Jingchen's grandmother and mother are indeed gone, but she still has a father and grandmother. I was talking about her grandmother. Could you please ask her to come out and see me?"
"Please wait a moment, benefactor."
Master Juehui thought for a moment and asked the nun beside her to go and invite him.
After a while, the nun came back and said to the nun, "Master, Junior Sister Jingchen said that she has cut off all ties with the mundane world and is no longer a member of the mortal world. She told this donor to go back and not come again."
"Are you sure she said that?" Lu Qingyao looked at the two of them.
Although he looked calm on the surface, his body's instinctive reaction could not be deceived.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of both men.
It was obvious that they were nervous.
It’s actually not hot this season, and it’s still a little cool in the deep mountains.
The nun stammered and said yes.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Qingyao stopped beating around the bush with Nun Juehui and said directly, "To be honest, Nun, I'm not actually Jiang Zijin's relative, but her divorced mother. I came here today just to see if she's still in the nunnery."
Master Juehui was shocked and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Yes... of course I am."
"Please come out if you are here..."
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The backyard of San Sheng Temple.
Miaomiao and Aunt Xiuxiu split up into two groups, and Xiuxiu jumped onto the roof.
Miaomiao took Xier for a stroll, and whenever she saw a little nun, she would go up to take a look.
Because she is a child, she is cute, and she is sweet-mouthed, calling me "little sister" all the time.
The shouts made the little nuns feel sweet in their hearts.
Even a monk cannot resist the flattery of a little cub.
Especially the younger nuns, almost all of them were delighted by her.
They just thought she was a pilgrim's child who was wandering around because she was bored in the house, and no one paid attention to where she went.
Following Jiujiu, Miaomiao strolled into a yard.
Seeing that there was no one around, he was about to push the door open, but found that it was locked.
Xier took off her hairpin and pried open the lock in a few seconds.
Miaomiao looked at her in surprise, "When did you learn this? Teach me."
Xier: "...I learned it from Aunt Xiuxiu. You can ask her."
Xier learned a lot from Aunt Xiuxiu, many of which were unorthodox and naturally could not be taught to a girl.
Aunt Xiuxiu said that only by learning this can we better protect the girl.
Sure enough, this came in handy.
Miaomiao curled her lips and pushed the door open. There was no one in the yard, so he must be in the house.
Stroll into a Zen room.
A little nun was sitting inside meditating.
The light was a little dim, but it was still possible to see that the little nun's figure was very similar to Jiang Zijin.
"Sister, are you Master Jingchen?" Miaomiao moved closer and finally saw the little nun's face clearly.
Her eyebrows and eyes are a bit like Jiang Zijin, which is quite pretty.
But it is still far worse than the original one.
This should be Jiang Zijin's substitute.
It seems that Jiang Zijin has no intention of coming back after escaping, is not afraid of being discovered, and does not care about the life or death of his family.
When the little nun saw Jiang Miaomiao, she was terrified, "You...why are you here?"
She remembered very clearly that she had seen the child in front of her.
It’s Miss Jiang Wu.
The main reason was that the child was so good-looking that even if she had only seen him once, she would still be able to recognize him if she saw him again.
Since she is here, her mother must be here too.
The little nun was so panicked that when she saw Miaomiao, she was like seeing a ghost and instinctively retreated to the corner.
The one who was confused now was Miaomiao. The little nun actually recognized her.
But she couldn't remember having seen this person before.
She shamelessly leaned over to take a closer look at the little nun's face, and asked Xier to come over and look, "Have you seen her? I have no impression of her at all, but she seems to recognize me."
Xier nodded and said, "Yes, I have seen her. She is a maid in Jiang Zijin's courtyard. I saw her the night she cut Jiang Zijin's hair."
They should have seen it before, but the maids kept their heads down and didn't pay attention.
Miaomiao suddenly understood.
But what does Jiang Zijin intend to do by keeping a maid like himself by his side?
Are you always ready to be her substitute?
Why do these people have the habit of keeping substitutes? It seems that the beautiful lady Zhen in the palace is also a substitute.
substitute!
Raise a substitute!!
Miaomiao's little head suddenly got an inspiration.
Jiang Zijin has a substitute, so she must be using another identity to wander around.
Who could it be?
She immediately asked the young nun, "Why did you become a nun for Jiang Zijin? Where is she?"
The little nun huddled in the corner, keeping silent.
Because she knew that whatever she said now would be in vain.
When the Fifth Miss said this, it meant that she already knew that Miss Zijin was not in the nunnery.
Miaomiao looked at the timid little nun and thought that she was afraid of even a child like her.
He probably didn't become a monk voluntarily.
Who would be willing to lose their freedom and be locked in a courtyard all year round?
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