thief, don't run

The best way to deal with An Lingxue is to distract her with business.

Zhong Liyun sorted out his thoughts, walked side by side with her, and said slowly: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to understand. As the saying goes, there is no coincidence, and there are many deaths in Baiyun Temple. If it has nothing to do with it, ghosts will not believe it."

An Lingxue nodded.

"However, if it is said that ghosts and gods are responsible, that is even more nonsense."

An Lingxue smiled slightly, "Well, go ahead."

Zhong Liyun held her hand and said, "When a person dies, besides suicide and natural death, that is accidental and homicide."

An Lingxue followed her words and continued: "Apart from the first three items, if it was caused by others, there are only two possibilities, one is wealth, and the other is love."

"That's right," the two said one after another, "I saw that the clothes of the deceased were in good condition, jewelry, hairpins and bracelets were all available, and there was nothing rare. I think it's not for money."

"Is that out of love?" An Lingxue asked, and then replied: "Someone had an emotional relationship with her, and they didn't agree with each other for a while, so they killed her?" After finishing speaking, she nodded to herself , "It seems to make sense, but there are also big loopholes. If it has been planned for a long time, it may not be necessarily."

"No," Zhong Liyun denied her statement, and said lightly: "Whether it was a whim or premeditated, it shouldn't be in the Taoist temple. Have you forgotten? This is not an incident. Before that, there were also people die."

"Hmm..." An Lingxue lowered her head, lost in thought.

She lowered her head, the moonlight shone on top of her head, a brilliance, Zhong Liyun's heart was moved for a moment, so he boldly stepped forward and rubbed it.Seeing her holding her palm and looking straight at her, she withdrew her hand, coughed twice, and said, "Leave that aside, do you still remember what we saw on the roof?"

An Lingxue withdrew her gaze, rubbed her head, seriously recalled what they had seen, suddenly felt shy, and thumped her, "Okay, why are you bringing up that matter?"

Didn't you just talk about the case?How did it get all the way there?This man is really dishonest!

"I'm wronged, I'm wronged," Zhong Liyun didn't look at her, he knew what she was thinking, and when he saw her pursed her lips and stared at him, he knew that she was secretly blaming her, and explained helplessly: "I didn't do it for my own selfishness. That’s exactly how I understood a little bit about it.”

An Lingxue glanced at her with disbelief.

"Cough, Ah Xue, think about it." Zhong Liyun returned to the topic and said, "Love is not necessarily a man. Women also have feelings for women."

Indeed.An Lingxue's eyes flickered, she lowered her eyes and nodded, not looking at her anymore.

Zhong Liyun seemed to sigh softly, An Lingxue looked up abruptly, but saw nothing, and heard her say: "Baiyun Temple, here is a Taoist temple dedicated to nuns, don't you think it's a bit strange? There is a man in the temple There is no Taoist priest either, someone must have managed it specially."

"So what?" An Lingxue spoke to her earnestly, despite a little strangeness in her heart.

Zhong Liyun looked at the bright moon in the sky, and said in a soft voice, "In ancient times, women who fell in love were called grinding mirrors and opposite food, and they were mostly seen in the court, and then there were nuns and Taoist nuns, but the harem was deeply forbidden, and there were people in the world. How can a man with the most authority, a Taoist temple, abide by the rules and regulations of morning bell and evening drum, be free?"

Zhong Liyun's breath was getting heavier, the hermit was not angry, and he was hiding his helplessness, An Lingxue frowned, and held her hand.

Taking a deep breath, Zhong Liyun said again: "Things are difficult in the world, we have to hug each other to keep warm, Baiyun Temple, I think so."

An Lingxue understood, what they saw earlier was clearly the two women doing things, in this way, they must also be...the same kind of people.

"I know, so what does this have to do with the female corpse...Could it be that someone broke into their matter and was murdered instead?"

Regardless of who they choose to like, but seeking Taoism and Qingxiu, they claim to be real laymen during the day, but at night, they are errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.If he kills again because of this, he will be a heinous sinner.

Zhong Liyun looked at her with a smile on his face. After all, what did these things have to do with them, but...

"According to this, it is indeed the most logical statement to kill people and silence them, but—" Zhong Liyun raised his voice on purpose, showing off, and waited until An Lingxue's eyes were anxious, before saying: "But, I didn't say that." , that woman was killed."

The moonlight is cold and the night is peaceful.

There was a loud bang.

"what?!"

"What, what does this mean?" An Lingxue didn't know she was angry and funny, and she couldn't turn her head around, "Aren't our previous inferences based on the fact that she died in vain? And you also said, this Something is wrong, it has something to do with Baiyun Temple?"

What does this mean?If it wasn't murder, what else could be inferred?

"Don't worry, don't worry." Zhong Liyun looked at her confused, his brows were all twisted together, he was in a good mood, and continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back, and said, "That's what it is, then the county government here is not vegetarian. Even the common people can see that this matter is extraordinary, but the county government hasn't heard anything about it? And it's nothing more than one case, and all the cases are like this, which means that the official's statement is correct, they He died by hanging himself."

"Is it suicide?" An Lingxue asked slowly following behind.

"Ah."

"Slap!" An Lingxue slapped her on the back, making her stagger, and when she turned around, she rolled her eyes again.

"What, what's the matter?" Zhong Liyun was still in the fog.

An Lingxue was a little anxious and helpless, "Then what I said before is all nonsense. Since it was suicide, then I still infer a ghost. Hurry up and pack up and go back to sleep!"

"Wait a minute," Zhong Liyun knew that she was about to blow up again, and hurriedly reassured her, "Don't worry, it's not unusual to die, but the previous inferences are all true, so you don't want to know , why so many people choose to commit suicide here?"

An Lingxue really fell for it, and asked, "You know?"

Zhong Liyun smiled, and replied, "I don't know."

So An Lingxue half-closed her eyes and raised her fist with a smile.

"Calm down." Zhong Liyun stepped forward to wrap his fists in time, and said seriously: "I'm not a god, how can I know everything, but since I'm confused, why don't we take a look tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow..." An Lingxue was a little hesitant, she was supposed to leave tomorrow, besides that place...

The sudden movement of the white cloth, as well as the two people entangled in the bed curtain, dealt a lot of "shocks" to An Lingxue, and she didn't want to set foot again.

"Don't worry," Zhong Liyun smoothed her tangled brows, and said, "We will come tomorrow during the daytime, we will be full of yang energy, we won't encounter ghosts, and Ah Xue is not afraid."

An Lingxue glanced at him, then shrugged, "Okay, since you're so afraid of female ghosts, I'll make it a little harder for you."

"I..." Zhong Liyun wanted to refute, but laughed again, "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what you say, then let's go back to sleep first?"

"Ha——" An Lingxue also yawned, and left first, "Alright then, listen to you, remember to feed Xiao Yunzi well, it's also picky about sleeping, don't freeze her."

So considerate, is it for the dog?Zhong Liyun followed behind, pursed his lips, and said angrily: "Hmph, don't freeze, I will drive it out when I get back, and throw it on the street."

Is this man really a child?An Lingxue was amused in her heart, but said seriously: "If you dare to throw it out, I will throw you away."

After saying that, she turned around and left. She knew that she was being angry, so she would definitely not do that. Naturally, she didn't have to worry.

Zhong Liyun stood there for a long time, until he could no longer see her back, then he patted his face and followed her with strides.

There is still a long way to go.

"Why are you so slow..."

"Speaking ill of you..."

"Oh? Come and listen..."

"Hmph, you're just a piece of wood, or iron wood, the kind that even an axe can't split..."

"What do you mean, hello..."

"..."

Early the next morning, after breakfast, the two of them prepared to go to Baiyun Temple again. They had originally agreed to leave today, but they changed their itinerary temporarily, so they must not hide it from the other two. Come.An Lingxue couldn't resist them, thinking that since there was no murder, it would be safe, so she nodded her head in agreement.

However, even if she didn't nod her head, she couldn't stop these two people.

Coming to Guanyu again, this time I knocked on the front door, and after a while, a female crown came to welcome me.After the two sides bowed their hands to salute, An Lingxue explained the purpose of coming.

The female crown smiled slightly, turned sideways to lead the way, and said: "Since accidents happened one after another in the temple, few people have come here, and the four girls are also bold."

An Lingxue and Zhong Liyun looked at each other. In what this female crown said, she did not shy away from the incidents of these dead people. She was so frank, which made her feel that she might really be sitting up straight.

Zhong Liyun said, these things are not trivial, so normal, but weird, it can be seen that there must be something hidden.

The two made eye contact, without saying a word, but it was tacit understanding.

The female crown leads them to the statue, and after they kowtow and burn incense, they take them to the backyard of the temple to have a rest.

Taoism pays attention to practicing according to one's heart, and doing nothing naturally. Along the way, you can see female crowns cleaning, chanting, practicing, all kinds of things, but they don't interfere with each other, and they are in a state of their own.

Zhong Gu was ethereal, An Lingxue and others spoke lightly and acted cautiously all the way. When they arrived at the small courtyard, the breeze was blowing on their faces, and they felt refreshed physically and mentally. It can be seen that the place of practice really liberates people.

But in this kind of place, there are always dead people, it is unavoidably weird, and thinking of what he saw in the room last night, An Lingxue shook his head, sure enough, nothing can only be seen on the surface.

Everyone rested in the courtyard, Zhong Liyun was still chatting with the female crown about Taoist scriptures, An Lingxue was secretly thinking, how could he get something out of it?People from the government must have questioned them many times. If they don't ask well, they may get bored.

An Lingxue was still thinking about it, but Zhong Liyun blurted out: "The Taoist priest has a lot of knowledge, and we vulgar people dare to offend me. Let me ask you, what can I learn from what happened in Guanzhong in the past few months?"

"Ahem," An Lingxue almost spit out a mouthful of tea, almost wanting to slap her to death, didn't they have a good chat just now?Why did you ask so directly?

Zhong Liyun smiled slightly, stroking her back to calm her down, nodded slightly and said: "My family is also a little curious, so I'm here today, and I hope the Taoist priest will let me know."

family?This title is really subtle.An Lingxue glanced sideways at her, seeing her calm and natural look, her heart turned, she swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue, and remained silent.

The person on the opposite side asked for her, "Family?"

Not only the female crown, but also Chu Yan and Rong Rong who were beside them all looked this way, An Lingxue was on his back like a light, feeling uncomfortable all over, Zhong Liyun still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, lowering his eyes to refill An Lingxue's cup of tea , said without hesitation: "That's right."

The surrounding atmosphere sank following her words, and the air seemed to be stagnant. An Lingxue couldn't breathe, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her back.

The person opposite seemed relieved, but seemed a little irritable. He stood up and said, "The government has made its own decision on this matter. I am a member of Baiyun Temple, and I am honored by the Sanqing Heavenly Venerable. I have no regrets in my heart."

After all, turn around and leave.An Lingxue wanted to get up in a hurry, secretly blaming Zhong Liyun for really annoying her. On the other side, Zhong Liyun quickly grabbed her and said anxiously: "Don't blame the Daoist, I just want to find out the reason, or the Daoist only wants to find out the reason." Just answer one question."

Nuguan frowned, watching her hold her hand.

Zhong Liyun was alert, let go of his hand hastily, and apologized.

"Forget it, just ask." The female crown let go, and turned to face her again.

An Lingxue breathed a sigh of relief, and was a little curious, how would Zhong Liyun ask, would he be able to know the reason for the time with just one question?

"It's easy to say, it doesn't matter whether the person who came here to hang himself and the person in Guiguan know each other or not. I just ask, are you a fellow-path?"

Zhong Liyun's question was very strange, An Lingxue was also confused when he heard it, and he was puzzled when talking about the other two.

The female crown looked at her for a long time, her eyes became more and more guarded, An Lingxue felt bad, she stood up and wanted to say something, but the female crown was relieved again, and said: "Since the girl is calculating, why bother?" Just ask, if it's just for this matter, let's go back."

After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then added, "Things are difficult in the world, do it and cherish it, don't end up like that."

Zhong Liyun was stunned for a while, then smiled and saluted, "Thank you for reminding me, next time..." Zhong Liyun glanced at An Lingxue who was still out of condition, pursed his lips, "I'll save it."

Nuguan nodded and stepped back.

Except for Zhong Liyun, the rest of them were at a loss as if they had fallen into a sea of ​​smoke.When the outsider retreated, Rong Rong had no scruples and hurriedly asked, "Sister Yun, what were you talking about just now? I didn't understand a single word."

"Don't talk about you, I don't understand either." Chu Yan Chu Yan echoed.

Zhong Liyun opened his mouth, then turned to An Lingxue suddenly, and asked with a smile, "Axue, do you understand?"

"You mean, those dead women, like the Taoist nuns in the temple, all liked women?" An Lingxue didn't look at her, she thought for a long time, and came up with the answer, but she was not confident, so she asked back .

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere among the four of them became weird. Chu Yan looked at An Lingxue, Rong Rong's eyes turned around the two of them a few times, shrugged, Zhong Liyun only looked at An Lingxue, showing Approving look, "That's right, Axue, you're finally smarter."

An Lingxue's backhand was just a slap... Seeing that there was nowhere to strike, it was a pity to hit her on the face, but it didn't hurt enough to hit her body, so she simply turned her palm into a finger, pinched her waist, and gave her a blank stare, "Would you like it?" say?"

"Hey..." Zhong Liyun seemed to be scratched by a paw, and it was itchy. Axue didn't want to do it at all, she just talked fiercely, if she really wanted to do it, she must feel more distressed than anyone else, yes, it must be like this.

An Lingxue didn't expect that her "power" didn't work at all, instead it made her worse.The other two couldn't get used to it at first, and urged: "Ah, tell me quickly, what's going on?"

The two looked at each other, "That's a long story."