The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Qu Xiaoyou couldn't help it anymore, he drew out his sword again, pointed it at the pilgrims, and shouted angrily: "If you curse again, I'll chop off your heads!"

The pilgrims were all ordinary people, and they were frightened by her and immediately stopped spitting out fragrant flowers.

Qu Xiaoyou was so angry that she gasped and shouted loudly, "I'm warning you, I cut off that gossip's tongue, and I was homeless and asked to live here on my own initiative.

"The masters here were kind enough to take me in. We are just simple friends! You can scold me, but if anyone dares to speak nonsense and slander the monks again, I will make you bleed on the spot!"

When she said this, she exuded a terrifying aura that made people feel intimidated.

"Okay, Xiaoyou." Zenmu pulled Qu Xiaoyou's sleeve, signaling her to calm down.

Afterwards, he bowed to the pilgrims and said calmly, "The innocent are innocent, and justice is in the hearts of the people. If you don't believe us, we won't say any more. Please do as you please, donors. I won't stay with you any longer."

After saying that, he took Qu Xiaoyou and his fellow apprentices away from the scene.

"Go to the government and sue them, expose their true colors to the public, and let their temples go bankrupt." After they left, some people were still shouting behind them.

Arriving at a certain place in the front yard, a monk said dejectedly: “Big Brother, we can’t explain the matter today.

"Those pilgrims will definitely spread rumors about what happened today, and by then, I'm afraid our temple will be cut off from incense."

"Yes, Senior Brother, what should we do?" The others were also worried.

Zenmu didn't seem to take it to heart, and still looked calm and indifferent. "It doesn't matter. As long as we don't do anything wrong and live up to our conscience, I believe the Buddha will bless us."

"I'm sorry." Qu Xiaoyou suddenly spoke, looking at Chanmu, her eyes red, "I seem to... only cause trouble for you. If it weren't for me, today's incident wouldn't have led to such consequences."

Zenmu sighed and said to her comfortingly: "Don't take it to heart. I can see right from wrong. I don't think you did anything wrong."

Hearing him say this, Qu Xiaoyou was slightly shocked. She thought he would blame her, just like last time.

He understood her so well, how could she bear to implicate him and his beloved fellow apprentices?

The heavy snow fell all night and did not stop until morning. The dazzling whiteness of the ground hurt people's eyes.

Chanmu wrapped himself in a thick cotton coat and walked out of the room. He came to the door of Qu Xiaoyou's room next door, knocked on the door and called out, "Xiaoyou, are you up? Come with me to eat."

I called out several times, but no one responded.

Qu Xiaoyou is a girl with extremely high self-discipline. She usually gets up at five in the morning to practice martial arts, and then goes back to her room to read an hour later, and she never stops no matter it is windy or rainy.

Logically speaking, she should have been awake by now, so why didn't anyone agree?

Thinking about what happened yesterday, it seemed like she hadn't said a word since then.

Zenmu had a bad feeling in his heart and pushed open the door.

The door opened, and the room was empty as expected. The envelope on the table was particularly eye-catching.

Chanmu hurried over and opened the envelope, and sure enough, it was a farewell letter from Qu Xiaoyou!

He didn't have time to read the contents of the letter carefully. He went back to his room, got an umbrella and a cloak, turned around and ran out of the temple.

The deep mountains on a snowy day are an endless expanse of white. The biting cold wind blows the snowflakes around, as if looking for something.

Not to mention people, even the common birds and animals were nowhere to be seen in the mountains. Some trees could not bear the weight and were crushed by the thick snow, with branches falling to the ground and then slowly being buried by the snow.

The road down the mountain had long been covered with ice and snow, making it very uncomfortable to walk on. Chanmu endured the bitter cold and walked down the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow, while looking around with his eyes, hoping to find Qu Xiaoyou.

When he reached halfway up the mountain, his wandering gaze suddenly stopped and rested on a set of shallow footprints on the right.

The footprints had become very light under the cover of wind and snow, but it was still vaguely recognizable as those left by a woman. However, the footprints led to the foot of a nearby mountain, not the path Chanmu took down the mountain.

Could it be... not Xiaoyou?

Zenmu murmured something, but still followed the footprints.

After following the footprints for a while, a cave came into his sight.

That set of footprints extended right into the cave.

Zenmu quickened his pace and walked into the cave. When he looked around, a red figure suddenly appeared in his sight.

The girl sat in the corner with her knees hugged and a package hanging on her shoulders.

Her clothes and hair were damp from the snow, her face was gray, her lips were dark purple, and her body was shaking like a sieve. It was obvious that she was about to freeze to death.

"Xiaoyou!" Chanmu exclaimed, quickly threw down the umbrella in his hand, rushed to Qu Xiaoyou, and wrapped Qu Xiaoyou tightly with the cloak he brought.

"It's so cold, what are you doing here?" Zenmu asked with a sigh, his brows furrowed so tightly that water could be squeezed out of them.

Qu Xiaoyou was somewhat surprised by his appearance, and instead of answering, she asked, "Why did you come here?"

"Answer me, why do you come here with your bag on your back instead of staying in the temple in such a windy and snowy weather?" Zenmu scolded with a sullen look on his face, showing that he was very angry about her behavior.

Qu Xiaoyou lowered her head and replied disappointedly: "Didn't I leave you a letter to explain it? It's not appropriate for a woman like me to live in the temple. It will affect your reputation, so I want to move out and find a place to live at the foot of the mountain."

After a pause, as if she was afraid that he might misunderstand her, she emphasized and explained, "I'm just moving out, I won't leave you. I'll still go to see you secretly when I'm free. I, Qu Xiaoyou, will not give up easily on something I've made up my mind about!"

Zenmu had guessed her thoughts long ago. He sighed and said in a slow tone, "Where can you go? It is very dangerous for a girl to live alone! Although you are a martial arts expert, you are inexperienced and simple-minded. If you encounter a villain who uses dirty tricks on you, you will not be able to defend yourself at all!"

"But I..." Qu Xiaoyou was speechless.

"Come back with me." Chanmu didn't give her another chance to refute, "The innocent are innocent. We are innocent and clean, why should we care about the world's opinion?

"Besides, we have more than 30 brothers with hands and feet. We can just plant some crops in the mountains and have no worries about our livelihood and the incense of the Buddha. What reputation? Monks are free from all worries, so why would they care about that?"

Qu Xiaoyou was deeply moved by what he said, but still had some reservations. She said with a sad face, "But in the end, it's me who has implicated you. I don't want to be a burden to you."

"Nonsense!" Zenmu immediately refuted her words, "We have experienced life and death together. How can we be said to be implicated between friends?"