The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

Pei Shuo became a little confused. He wanted to save his father and his sister.

But he suddenly realized that his desire was putting his master in danger.

He already owed his master a lot and couldn't allow himself to be dragged into further risks.

Pei Shuo took a deep breath and said, "Master, please don't interfere in this matter anymore. Leave the rest to me."

This is his family affair, there is no need to drag others into it.

Xu Yao looked at him quietly, which made Pei Shuo feel a little uncomfortable. Xu Yao suddenly raised his hand and tapped his forehead. Pei Shuo covered his forehead in pain, and there was a clear stupidity on his handsome face.

"Once a teacher, always a father. Since I have become your master, I am no longer an outsider. How can I ignore your affairs? If you insist on settling accounts with me, then you will probably never be able to pay off what you owe me."

"But this matter is more dangerous than I thought." He just didn't want his master to take any more risks.

Xu Yao sneered: "You seem to have forgotten that Yuan Qingzong and I have an irreconcilable feud. Even if it wasn't for saving your father, I would have gotten rid of Yuan Qingzong. Don't think that it has nothing to do with me and that you are afraid that I will be in danger. Also, if I get into danger in the future, will you also think that it has nothing to do with you and watch coldly without saving me? Or will you sell me out for your own selfish reasons one day?"

Pei Shuo shook his head repeatedly and said in panic, "Of course not, Master, Master, am I such a heartless and ungrateful person?"

Xu Yao nodded with relief: "In this case, why should we be so clear about the distinction between you and me as master and disciple? Don't say such things anymore. You were not like this before. Why are you so hesitant all of a sudden? You don't have the decisiveness of a military commander at all?"

Pei Shuo forced a smile. He used to be reckless and sometimes did things without thinking about anything else. He never considered these things.

Now that he has gone through the storm, he has concerns in his heart and learns to consider others. He has to think about whether his actions will put the people around him in danger.

Xu Yao was not unaware of Pei Shuo's changes, but she did not think it would last long.

She even felt that this was Pei Shuo's post-traumatic stress disorder.

Perhaps I have caused irreversible consequences due to my own willfulness, so I have become more cautious and careful in doing things.

He needs time to grow up.

Xu Yao patted his shoulder and said to him, "Go practice swordplay. I will follow Pingxi Hou tomorrow. Since he is so important, he might know the whereabouts of your father."

At first, Xu Yao didn't think of tracking down Pingxi Hou, but after all this commotion, perhaps this was the most direct and effective way.

Pei Shuo sensitively realized that Xu Yao didn't like his cautious character, so he gathered his thoughts, nodded, and went back to practice.

On the second day, Xu Yao dressed up as a beggar and appeared on the road that Pingxi Hou had to pass by with a dirty bowl in his hand.

She sat on the side of the road and waited for a long time before she saw the carriage of Pingxi Marquis's mansion come out. From the sound of breathing and the voices talking in the carriage, she immediately determined which carriage held Pingxi Marquis.

She waited for the carriage to leave for some time before following it.

Halfway through the walk, he changed direction, crossed several streets, and appeared on the road that Pingxi Hou was going to pass long in advance.

Unexpectedly, Pingxi Hou's carriage went straight out of the city.

This Panjing is divided into inner city and outer city.

The inner city is where the high-ranking officials live, and the outer city is where ordinary people from other places come from. As people gradually gather there, the space in Panjing is not enough, so the city expands outward.

Those poor ordinary people were driven out and lived in the outskirts far away from the city center.

Xu Yao watched the carriage leave the outer city and go up a mountain. He immediately thought in his mind what was so special about this place outside the capital.

It took me a while to think about it before I remembered that there seemed to be a royal temple outside Panjing City, where an accomplished monk was enshrined.

Some elderly concubines who had no children and nowhere to go would go to the royal temple to become nuns and end their remaining lives.

Xu Yao thought about it and continued to follow. While others used carriages, she used her two legs.

Fortunately, she was very good at martial arts and was able to track the carriage all the way, not too far or too close, and indeed saw it enter the White Dragon Temple.

When Xu Yao was still a hundred meters away from Bailong Temple, he felt that the surroundings were not peaceful.

She thought about it and decided to change her disguise, pretending to be a devout believer, and went to the temple with a basket of incense and candles in her hand.

When we arrived at the temple, we found that it was heavily guarded. Only the front hall was open, allowing pilgrims to go in and out, but not everyone could go in. After the ladies entered the main hall, they could go to other Buddhist halls through the side doors, but ordinary people could only burn incense and pray in the main hall in front, and they were not allowed to go to other places.

While burning incense, Xu Yao walked around the main hall inside and out, looking for a gap to climb over the wall to go to other halls.

She pricked up her ears and found that most of the monks here were warrior monks.

Even the little monk who ran errands had some basic skills in martial arts. Xu Yao scratched his chin. Could it be that the Duke of Zhenguo was imprisoned in such a place?

Is this the secret prison that Zhuang Mu mentioned?

Otherwise, how do we explain the tight security here?

Xu Yao paid close attention to the terrain here and found that this place was easy to defend but difficult to attack. There was only one way to go up and down the mountain. As long as the intersection below was blocked, the thieves would not be able to escape.

If she wanted to save people, there was only one way to go down from here.

But Xu Yao did not rush into the temple to find out what was going on. Instead, he took advantage of no one's attention to sneak into the woods and looked at the mountain from front to back.

To her surprise, behind the temple was a cliff thousands feet high.

No wonder they dare to lock people up here, they are not afraid of sneak attacks at all.

Xu Yao originally had some ideas in mind, but when she saw the steep cliff, her scalp went numb. Even though she had the skill of lightness skill, she was not sure if she could bring someone down from the cliff.

The degree of danger cannot be explained in a few words. If there was an airplane cable car, she wouldn't be afraid, but she doesn't have that, right?

As for things like gliders, Xu Yao thought about it and realized that she didn't know how to build that kind of thing. It would require a lot of experiments to make it, and she didn't have the time now.

I just regret that I didn’t study mechanical engineering, so I can’t make something like this.

Xu Yao regretfully gave up the idea of ​​rescuing the people from the cliff, returned to the temple, and sneaked in while the monks were resting and changing shifts.

As soon as I entered, I found some nuns living on the side. They wore grey robes, but did not shave their heads. Instead, they wrapped their hair with grey hats.

Xu Yao took the opportunity to get a set of clothes and put them on. He observed carefully, walked around avoiding the monks and nuns, and investigated the situation.

She walked and listened, and finally found the direction of Pingxi Hou, but was suddenly stopped by someone.