The shepherd and the young Taoist priest started arguing. Yan Ruyu winked at her men, who went up to untie the rope around the young Taoist priest.

The shepherd wanted to fight, but the little Taoist refused to stand for it and started wrestling with him.

The fight was almost over, Huo Changhe slammed the table, and both of them separated, panting.

"You," Huo Changhe pointed at the sheep herder, "who else did you find besides the three of you?"

"That is, we just found a few ordinary people who are good at talking and like to gossip, and gave each of them a few coins, and they were willing to do it."

The little Taoist priest was so angry that he said, "Didn't you say that your troupe has many people and is obedient and can get things done? If I were to find ordinary people, why would I need to find you? Can't I find one myself?"

"Liar, you liar, you bastard, if it weren't for your lies, you wouldn't have ended up like this."

"You're talking nonsense, what does this have to do with us?"

The two started arguing again, and during the argument, they spoke the most truthful words.

Yan Ruyu listened and felt that the two of them had said almost everything they needed to say, and what followed was just the same old conversation.

Yan Ruyu waved her hand and the shepherd was dragged away.

The young Taoist priest was so angry that he was panting and sat on the ground to catch his breath.

Yan Ruyu asked, "What's the purpose of building momentum for the Goddess of the Sky Eye?"

The young Taoist pursed his lips, still not wanting to say anything.

Huo Changhe had a sullen face and waved his hand, saying, "Come here, drag him away and break his legs first."

"Slow down," Yan Ruyu said.

A hint of anticipation appeared on the little Taoist priest's pale face again.

"Break a few of his ribs. If that doesn't work, use the horse to attack him. Deal with him the same way he dealt with Huo Zhongmao."

The men rolled up their sleeves and said, “Yes!”

Before he could finish his words, he grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out.

The little Taoist priest was so frightened that his soul almost flew away and he couldn't help shouting loudly.

But it didn't help at all, he was still being dragged, and he held on to the door sill tightly with both hands.

"Don't, don't..."

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe were whispering something and ignored him.

The young Taoist priest was really anxious. If his ribs and legs were broken, would he still be able to survive? Even if he could survive, his second half of life would be meaningless.

"I, I said, I said..."

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe acted as if they didn't hear anything and ignored it completely.

The little Taoist priest was dragged out of the room.

He was scared to death when he saw the people in the yard waiting at the bottom of the stairs with wooden sticks in their hands.

"It was me who startled the horse. I went to the incense shop, but I couldn't help it. I didn't do it on purpose!"

Yan Ruyu finally answered: "Not on purpose? There is no way? Then you can hurt someone like that. If you did it on purpose, there is a way, would that person still be alive? Beat him!"

"Pa pa," two boards fell on his buttocks, and the pain made him cry.

"what!"

Without personal experience of pain, one cannot understand or imagine the pain.

Only when you feel the pain yourself can you understand it.

"I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you everything you want to know."

As he was speaking, he was hit with a few more boards and almost fainted from the pain.

Yan Ruyu waved her hand and the board stopped.

He also stood up and walked to the steps, looking down from above.

"Who do you belong to?"

The young Taoist priest was dying: "I am... I am from the Yunzhong Temple outside the city."

Yan Ruyu remembered that Huo Zhongmao once said that the owner of a Taoist temple often came to buy incense himself because he was afraid that his subordinates would embezzle his money.

The abbot of that temple is the one in the clouds.

She was a little surprised and thought that the young Taoist priest was Taoist Xuanqing's subordinate.

"The matter of the Goddess of the Sky Eye has something to do with you. What do you want to do?"

"The Goddess of the Sky Eye really has magical powers. We also want the people to know as soon as possible, believe in her, and get some benefits from it, so that the Taoist temple will be more popular."

"What magical powers does she have?"

"It's just... she can predict the future. All the predictions she made before came true."

Huo Changhe took over the conversation: "Maybe not?"

"It was predicted that Deputy General Shi would lose his wife, but she was later found. It was predicted that the little granddaughter of the teahouse family would be in danger, but now she is alive and well."

"The prophecy about Huo Zhongmao... is even more nonsense."

The young Taoist priest was silent for a moment. "It was predicted that Madam Shi's body was lost, and it was also predicted that her husband was where he was. It was also predicted that the little girl would die. If the prince and princess had not intervened, how could she still be alive now?"

"About the spice shop..."

Yan Ruyu said coldly: "The spice shop, you did it on purpose. You used spices to scare the horses, how could Huo Zhongmao get hurt? You did it on purpose!"

"Then this princess can also predict that you will die in a quarter of an hour, and it will still come true. Do you believe it?"

The young Taoist priest shuddered with fear. Of course he knew that Yan Ruyu could do it.

"What is the relationship between your Taoist temple and Taoist Priest Xuanqing?"

The young Taoist priest raised his head, looking confused: "Master Xuanqing? I don't know."

"You don't know? Then why are you building momentum for the Goddess of the Sky Eye?"

"The Goddess of the Sky Eyes originally belonged to our Taoist temple. She was adopted by the temple master and has nothing to do with Taoist Priest Xuanqing."

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked at each other.

Neither of them believed this statement.

Yan Ruyu, in particular, had seen with her own eyes Taoist Xuanqing and the Goddess of Heavenly Eyes appear together in the Shi family cemetery.

Now the young Taoist priest said that the goddess was adopted by the abbot of Yunzhong Temple.

"You have never seen Taoist Priest Xuanqing in your temple?"

The young Taoist priest shook his head: "I have indeed never seen it. The temple master told me to do it."

This is strange.

Yan Ruyu suppressed her doubts and simply revealed the truth.

"This princess will let you go back. You tell the temple master to come to the spice shop at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow to meet this princess."

The young Taoist was stunned: "This..."

"Can't do it, or don't want to do it?"

The young Taoist priest quickly said, "It's not that he doesn't want to come, but the abbot is always strict, so he may not be willing to come."

Huo Changhe took over the conversation: "If he doesn't come, that's easy to deal with. I can go."

"I will lead the troops to destroy the Taoist temple, and he won't have to think about promoting it anymore."

Little Taoist priest: “…”

Yan Ruyu asked, "Do you understand? Go back and tell him that the prince and I are not discussing with him, but giving orders. If he doesn't come, the prince will go."

"……Yes."

The young Taoist priest didn't dare to say anything and forced himself to get up. Not to mention walking, it was so painful even if he was pulled.

Huo Changhe waved his hand: "Come here, find a flatbed truck to send him back. Wait for half an hour. If no one inside responds, kill a few first."

"Yes!"

The little Taoist priest was lifted onto a small flatbed cart.

Although he didn't have to walk by himself, the bumpy road was enough to make him endure it, and he broke out in cold sweats.

As soon as they left, Huo Changhe immediately asked the secret guards to follow them, to prevent the people in the Taoist temple from hearing the news and escaping, leaving the temple empty.

Yan Ruyu frowned and said nothing, wondering how true the little Taoist's words were.

From the surface observation, he really didn't seem to be lying, but it was also a little different from what he saw with his own eyes.

What's the secret behind this?

I don’t know whether the master will come as promised.

If I hadn't come, I'd probably have to take a trip.

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