"What's next?"

Huo Daiyu heard the voice fade away, and only sat down after confirming that no one was eavesdropping around.

But Shen Ningsi at the table was still frowning.

"The voices we heard last night were from two people. One was the voice of this Master Shan Miao, and the other was the voice of a young woman. We have to find her."

"What if she only came once?"

Yun Nian said softly, and then shook his head.

"No, she must bring three young women of the right age to Shan Miao, so she will definitely appear again. Ningsi, do you know of any sorcery that requires young women to be sacrificed?"

Just by saying it in words, Yun Nian felt as if a chill ran down his bones. What kind of mood did those people who performed human sacrifices have?

Although Da'an prohibits sorcery and witchcraft, there are always people who take risks to achieve their own goals. The key is, what exactly do Master Shanmiao and Ning Sinian of Jingshui Temple want to do.

There is no doubt that Ning Sinian has only one goal all along, which is to replace the position of the regent and make himself a being above all others.

He probably thought he had concealed his ambition, but he didn't know that everyone knew what was going on.

"The prince of Jinyang is like a clown, but why didn't the regent punish him severely, but just locked him up?"

Huo Daiyu said angrily, stroking the arrow feather hidden between his clothes.

"The Regent naturally has his own considerations. I think it's probably just because Ning Si Nian is more useful."

Yun Nian on the bed shook his head slightly. After all, an enemy in the open is much easier to deal with than an enemy in the dark.

"Sisi is right. The Regent will always carry the stain of his bloodline. If he kills Ning Sinian, it will easily arouse speculation. It is better to keep him under surveillance to avoid criticism."

The three of them getting together was much better than Yun Nian thinking alone. However, Yun Nian suddenly slapped his head in annoyance.

"Oops!"

The two friends looked over at the same time and saw Yun Nian's frown.

"what happened?"

"Brother...what if my brother wakes up? I completely forgot..."

The three of them whispered to each other the whole night, and no one thought that there was another Yun Shuo drunk on the bed. If he woke up and didn't see his sister, he would definitely be angry.

Shen Ningsi and Huo Daiyu looked at each other and realized the difficulty of the situation. Originally, they just wanted to explore the cave at night and go back when it was daybreak so that no one would find out.

But when I happened to hear about such a horrible thing as human sacrifice, I forgot all the rest.

“… Never mind!”

Yun Nian waved his hand like a broken jar.

"Let him go find it alone. After all, he won't know that we are already in the nunnery."

There was no more time for them to discuss. There was a light knock on the door and a gentle female voice sounded.

"Dear donors, please follow Lan Yin to have some vegetarian food."

"Squeak~"

The wooden door was pulled open, and the smiling woman outside the door froze, looking at the three women in front of her, almost unable to believe her eyes.

"This... this... this... is simply unacceptable..."

Lan Yin finally managed to swallow the derogatory words that were about to come out of her mouth. No wonder she was so surprised. The images of the women in front of her were really shocking.

Their hair was tangled, and one person's hair barely reached his shoulders, which was simply indecent. Although their clothes were gorgeous, they had long since turned gray.

People who were running for their lives would not take any change of clothes with them, and Master Shanmiao, either not noticing or not caring, did not ask them to wash.

The three of them thought that this would make it easier to conceal their identities, so they didn't say much.

"Amitabha, benefactor, this is a sacred place for Buddhism, and one must keep one's body and mind clean. If you go to see the Buddha dressed like this, it would be disrespectful. Please follow me."

Lan Yin's face twitched, and he turned on his toes, changed direction, and led a few people to a small room with a few wooden barrels.

"The hot water is in the kitchen next door, and there are some clothes for changing in the cabinet next to it. Please help yourself. I'll be back in an hour."

"If Huiguo hadn't been called away, I wouldn't have..."

Lan Yin muttered something and left impatiently, leaving Yun Nian and the other two at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

There were three bathtubs in the small room, which looked a bit crowded. There was a cabinet at the back, which should be the place where the clothes were stored as Lan Yin said.

Yun Nian walked over and took out a linen shirt and handed it to Huo Daiyu. The style looked the same as what the little nun was wearing.

"We can only change our clothes first, otherwise it will be too obvious. It's our faces, so let's leave it alone for now."

She took out another one and handed it to Shen Ningsi, but when she was about to take another one, she suddenly stopped and her nose moved slightly.

"what is this?"

She stretched out her finger and gently wiped the cabinet, and the dark red dust stuck to her finger.

"Dai Yu, Ning Si, come here quickly!"

The three of them huddled together, staring at Yun Nian and finding something wrong. On the wooden board of the cabinet, there was a faint smell of blood and dark marks, which were clearly left there intentionally by someone.

"There's blood? And it looks like it's been a long time."

Huo Daiyu came forward and observed carefully, then asserted,

"Look here, the bloodstain is in a circle, like some kind of writing."

But the blood had already dried up and mixed with the other things, so its original appearance could not be seen.

"If this was left by those women, maybe they were trying to convey some message to us."

Shen Ningsi, who was standing aside, took a step back and tried to make out the messy handwriting, but unfortunately he still failed and could only shake his head.

"Although this place is not obvious, it is definitely not hidden. Why didn't Nun Lan Yin find it? Or did she deliberately let us see it, just to see how we would react?"

Yun Nian sighed, took the hot water that Huo Daiyu had brought and put it into the bucket, quickly washed herself, and changed into linen clothes. The rough cloth rubbed her skin red.

"I think you're all overthinking it. Lan Yin might not have noticed it at all. You should think about how to explain what's on your face later."

After all, it would look a bit weird to have dirt on your face after washing.

But if they wiped their faces clean, Yun Nian was not sure that their faces would not be recognized.

"Well, that's easy..."

Huo Daiyu suddenly smiled and pointed to the kitchen.

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