Poor monks do not break the precepts

Not long after, Huai Mingmo arrived outside the courtyard of the Songzhao Pavilion. The courtyard was extremely quiet, and even the occasional laughter of the cleaning maids could not be heard.Outside the courtyard gate, I saw Qingtao looking around anxiously, moving back and forth from time to time.

"Young master, you are here. Aunt Qiao has already come out twice. I thought I would make another trip to accompany you in person before I waited for you to come later."

Huai Mingmo stepped over the threshold, his feet were so calm that no one could feel that he was a blind person, "Are all the elders in the villa here?" The Yinshi Villa is located on the banks of the Canglang River. The sound of waves can be heard from time to time, although it is not too loud, there is still the slight sound of sweeping in the yard, which makes Huai Mingmo feel more and more quiet in Songzhao Hall.

Qingtao said softly: "Master Ji just went in."

"Understood." Huai Mingmo walked towards Mr. Ji's study calmly, but a thin layer of cold sweat broke out slightly on his palms.He is not afraid of the other elders, but only worried about this little uncle who is not much older than him, because he played with him since he was a child, and he has hidden many things from many people, but he cannot hide them.

The middle-aged woman who greeted Huai Mingmo outside the house was Qiao Shaozhi, who had served Mr. Ji for many years. Although she was not the master in the Hidden World Villa, her status was far higher than that of ordinary servants. She was usually serious and unsmiling. Don't dare to be too pretentious.

"Young Master." Shao Zhi glanced behind Huai Mingmo, seeing that he only brought Xin Li, he felt slightly puzzled.

Huai Mingmo had a quick mind, and said with a smile, "Luo Chen and the others were sent by me to handle some errands."

Shao Zhi thought about what happened last night, and he didn't doubt Huai Mingmo's words, so he nodded his head and wanted to say something concerned, when a clear voice like an oriole came from the room, "Is Ming Mo here? Come in quickly."

Although the torrential rain had brought away a lot of heat, it was still very hot in August. The blue and white porcelain vat in Mr. Ji's study hadn't been removed, but the iceberg in it was much smaller than usual, because of Huai Mingmo's body. I can't stand the cold, so Mr. Ji specially reminded me to do so.

As soon as Huai Mingmo entered the house, he wanted to pay homage to the elders in the family, but was stopped by Ji Sushanxu, "Sit down, there are no outsiders, we are not so particular." Ji Sushan is naturally elegant, always dressed as a scholar, handsome His appearance made it hard to see that he was a master swordsman, but it was obvious that he was a practitioner by holding Huai Mingmo's hand.

"Hey, second brother, don't stop him, you don't pay attention, I care." Ji Duorui said with a smile, without the slightest look of an elder, "He has never been polite when he comes to me, it's rare that you are all here today, otherwise I will enjoy it all not."

"Ming Mo, sit next to you." Mr. Ji looked at Huai Mingmo lovingly, Ji Duorui, who rolled his eyes and didn't look serious, called Shao Zhi to bring the already warmed lotus seed soup.

Only then did Ji Duorui calm down. Seeing that he was being treated differently, he was annoyed and said, "Second Sister, it's not fair. Why don't you prepare me a bowl of sweet soup."

Ji Sushan looked at his younger brother, who had already passed by, but his temper remained the same, and he couldn't help but sneered: "Look at your temper, you don't need to nourish yourself."

Huai Mingmo was cold by nature, although he would be more relaxed in front of Ji Duorui, but with so many elders in front of him, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable, so he became more obedient and said, "Mother, what do you want me to do?"

Mr. Ji squinted at his elder brother who was sitting on his left side, said silently and respectfully: "Elder brother, since you heard this matter from Jianghu, let you talk about it, and I won't do it for you."

Ji Nian first put down the teacup in his hand, shook his head and laughed, and said, "Yintong's words are serious, you are the owner of the hidden world villa, and you should not care about the big and small things in the villa. Besides, you can't shirk it. There are already rumors and disputes, and in a few days, I'm afraid there will be chaos."

Ji Sushan waved his green jade folding fan, and said with a light smile, "This Fragrance Bandit's lightness kung fu is really good. No one of us noticed it when he visited the hidden world villa at night. If it weren't for the rumors in the world, I really don't know that there are still small thieves who dare to come. The hidden world villa is the gentleman on the beam."

"The Fragrance Pirates came to the Wanting Pavilion last night and failed, so I didn't rush to tell my mother. It's only one night that everyone knows about the world, and I really didn't expect it." Huai Mingmo was surprised, completely unaware It is expected that the rumors in the world will spread so quickly, let alone the purpose of the Fragrance Pirates.

Mr. Ji said kindly: "It has nothing to do with you. I'm afraid no one would have imagined that the incense thief would be so bold."

Ji Nianxian said solemnly, "What exactly did he steal from you?"

"The Xingxiu sword manual is just a fake sword manual." Huai Mingmo thought they already knew it, and was a little puzzled when asked.

"He's a man from the rivers and lakes, why did he steal the XingXiu sword manual?" Ji Duorui knew the secrets in the sword manual, so doubts arose in his heart, and he couldn't think of a list and account book related to the court. usefulness.

"Just the Constellation Sword Manual? Nothing else?"

Huai Mingmo couldn't see the expressions of the crowd, but he faintly sensed something was wrong, Hu asked: "Could it be that the rumors in the rivers and lakes aren't the sword manuals?"

Ji Nian first slapped the square sandalwood table beside him, and said angrily, "It's fine if it's a sword manual." He suppressed his anger a little bit, but he was still indignant, "There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that he stole a treasure map from the hidden world villa, claiming it was left by the previous dynasty. Treasures. There are rumors outside that when the Ji family helped the late emperor to conquer the world, they found the treasure map of the previous dynasty, and did not hand it over to the late emperor because of greed, which is really disgusting."

Although Ji Yintong was annoyed when he heard the rumors, after all, he is the master of the family, and his temper is far more stable than Ji Nianxian. After a few words of persuasion, he said seriously: "It's fine to say that the Ji family is greedy for money. I'm worried that it will change if it spreads in the palace. , affecting the noble concubine and empress to lose her heart."

Ji Duorui restrained his unrestrained smile, and said with a serious expression: "I'm afraid that the intention of the person who spread the words is here. The Ji family's reluctance to present the treasure map is greedy for money on the surface, but it is against the king in deep thinking." Unfaithful, Emperor Meng is suspicious and suspicious by nature, so it is inevitable that he will not think about the purpose of the Ji family for this treasure."

Ji Sushan fanned the wind slowly, and said with a sneer: "I am afraid that the emperor has long been jealous of the Ji family. Don't forget that the current crown prince is the eldest son of the imperial concubine, and he probably woke up many times in the middle of the dream. Is Concubine Wan's sudden rise really just because of her beauty?" He closed his eyes tightly, and then opened them suddenly, "Actually, the mastermind behind it has long been revealed, it's just those few people, but how much does the incense thief know?"

"This rumor should have nothing to do with Xiang Pirates. He came to steal the sword manual at the second watch last night. It is impossible to have time to spread rumors." Huai Mingmo said firmly: "Someone must be behind the scenes to fuel the flames."

When Mr. Ji thought of his sister's situation in the palace, he couldn't help but feel worried and irritable, and knew that he was beyond his power.She paced back and forth in the room, and finally stood by the door of the study with her hands behind her back and looked towards the sky. "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and it's beyond our control. It's just that there is no room for change. The eldest sister behaves calmly and calmly." , the crown prince... is filial to his parents and friendly to his brothers, the emperor sees it in his eyes, so it doesn't matter if you think about it for the time being."

Ji Nian first looked at his little sister's dejected back, and said with relief: "There are enough things in the hidden world villa, and I will be in charge of the investigation at this time." With pride, "Ming Mo has grown up, since the imperial concubine entrusted Xuanji Pavilion to him, you should also let him take care of it."

When Huai Mingmo heard that Ji Nian mentioned himself first, he hurriedly stood up and responded, "Mother, I will send someone to keep an eye on the former prince, and I will also investigate the identity of the fragrant robbers, so that the Ji family will not be wronged for nothing."

Mr. Ji kept his back to the few people in the room, and only nodded slightly in response after listening.The room suddenly became quiet. It has not been 50 years since the world was peaceful, and it is about to be chaotic again. Who can still have peace of mind.

Ji Duorui felt that the atmosphere was oppressive, rolled his eyes, changed the subject, and said with a smirk: "There are very few people in the martial arts today who have fought against the Fragrant Pirates. You were lucky enough to meet the Fragrant Pirates last night. Is the Xiang Pirate's lightness skill really unmatched by anyone in the world? "

Huai Mingmo slowly told the whole story of what happened last night, and everyone in the room was dumbfounded. After all, the rumors in the world are often exaggerated, but it is clear that the deeds of Xiang Pirates are not exaggerated, and many martial arts people are obviously concerned about their own face. It belittles the incense robber's light work and martial arts attainments.

Ji Duorui listened with great interest, especially when Huai Mingmo talked about the fight with the Fragrance Pirates, he was even more attentive and didn't want to miss a single word.After hearing that Xiang Pirate crossed the Canglang River with lightness kung fu, not only Ji Duorui, but also the others were speechless for a long time, they just confirmed with Xinli repeatedly, until Xinli repeatedly confirmed that he had seen it with his own eyes, Ji's family and seniors did not say anything. Give up questioning.

Ji Sushan is seldom interested in other people, but hearing about this mysterious figure today, he couldn't hide his curiosity, "Do you know if this incense thief is a man or a woman? How old is he?"

"Xiang Pirate is slightly shorter than the pavilion master, and has a slender body. At that time, his face was covered, and his age could not be seen." Xinli replied truthfully. Although his pavilion master insisted that the other party was a woman, he had reservations.

"It should be a woman."

"Xiao Mingmo, don't be fooled by the appearance, the unique fragrance, the intentional voice change, the tall figure..." Ji Duorui covered his mouth with his right hand and thought for a long time, blinking his shrewd eyes from time to time, with a confident expression on his mouth With a slight smile, "Our Xiao Mingmo's height difference is two inches and eight feet. It is rare to see women who are shorter than you. The most feared thing for a thief is to be exposed. This incense thief did the opposite, not necessarily because The woman smells like rouge and powder, maybe he is trying to cover up his identity, or to cover up other easily identifiable smells on his body. As for using internal force to change his voice... I suspect that the incense thief may be a celebrity in the world, if he uses his real voice, he is easy to be familiar with Recognize it, and do it as a last resort."

After a well-founded analysis, Lian Huaimingmo couldn't help being shaken, he rarely showed urgency, although his speech was slow, he was not as calm as before, "But her jade hands are slender and slender, soft as if boneless, and her skin is like fat, The palms are not as rough as a man's. Moreover, her martial arts moves are feminine and elegant, it's really not like a man learned it."

Xin Li sneaked a peek at Ji's parent's reaction, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, seeing the eyes cast on him, he hurriedly giggled awkwardly.

The atmosphere in the room was very strange, everyone had different expressions on their faces, and they seemed to have thought of one thing, you looked at me, I looked at him, at this moment, silence is better than sound.

Ji Sushan raised his eyebrows slightly, forced his smile back, and said solemnly: "It seems that my little sister's daughter-in-law is settled."

Huai Ming held the armrest of the armchair tightly with his hands, because of the rare excitement just now, he has not yet recovered his clarity and reason, and he has not had time to react to Ji Su's words in a daze.

Mr. Ji stared at his son's expression in silence, then chuckled softly, the sound was like the tinkling of silver bells, and like the gurgling of clear springs, "No wonder I said that so many ladies fell in love with him, but no one fell in love with him. What is it? My son has a good eye for picking people."

Ji Duorui has always liked to play tricks on Huai Mingmo, so he would not let it go if he had the opportunity, so he hurriedly said: "What if there is an ugly woman without salt under the mask?" Zuo sighed sadly, "It would be a pity if such a wonderful person doesn't have the beauty of a country."

Ji Nian has a stable temper, no more laughing and talking than his younger siblings, but in this atmosphere, he couldn't help but say a few jokes, "The third brother just said that incense robbers are men, what should we do if it is true what you said?" ?”

Mr. Ji had talked and laughed, his expression gradually sank and he returned to his true self as the head of the family. He walked back to his seat thoughtfully, "Xiang Pirate is indeed a wonderful person, and also a very powerful character. It's okay if she is a hermit, but if she was originally He often walks in the rivers and lakes, but he is not known to others, which is enough to show what kind of person this person is."

"That's right, no one knows about night-time trekking into the hidden world villa, and Ming Mo's knowledge of ten thousand lives is actually inferior." Ji Sushan smiled elegantly like a scholar, and acted like a master of learning, "Whether such a person is a hermit in the world, or a good at People in the Jianghu who pretend to be, before they know what is right and what is wrong, really make people jealous, and they can't sleep at night."

Huai Mingmo was overwhelmed by the ridicule of the elders in the family, so he calmed down and calmed down, and said calmly: "I fought against her yesterday, I don't think she is a treacherous villain, let alone a villain who kills innocent people indiscriminately. She This person is graceful and elegant, very proud."

"This kid is really fascinated, and he just picks up good things to say." Ji Duorui teased Huai Mingmo, and nodded earnestly, "According to the rumors in the Jianghu, the incense thief style is not only like to borrow people's calligraphy and painting antiques in private, but the reputation is not good. Not bad. But this person has very few friends, it seems that only Miaoshoukongkonger has friendship with him."

Xin Li stood behind Huai Mingmo and muttered, "I don't know who is the better of the two thieves."

The door of the study room was clearly open. When Qiao Shaozhi notified him, he still stood outside the wall and knocked on the edge of the wooden door a few times, "Patriarch, Jiang Dian is here."

Mr. Ji took a sip of warm tea, exchanged glances with the three brothers, and said with a smile: "Since you are here, why don't you come in?"

Shaozhi was silent for a long time, it sounded like he was restraining his own smile, and his voice was still solemn, "People dare not go in, and they are kneeling on the bluestone board in the yard to plead guilty."

"Oh, then tell him to go back. He doesn't need to take responsibility for what happened last night, but the guards must be strengthened recently. I'm afraid there will be no peace in the Hermitage Villa for a while."

Seeing that the matter had come to an end for the time being, Huai Mingmo got up silently and greeted Mr. Ji and others as a junior, and said flatly: "If mother is fine, son still has something to do, so I will take my leave first."

There are a lot of things going on in Xuanji Pavilion, Huaiming Mo is usually very busy, but now that there are more incidents of incense robbers, I am afraid that he will be even more busy.Mr. Ji nodded and said kindly: "Go. Xinli should take care of the young master, don't let him get tired like in previous years, no matter how busy you are, you can't burn yourself out."

Mr. Ji is not an ordinary boudoir, but the person in charge of the largest village in the martial arts world. She doesn't like red makeup and is good at armed forces. , Jianghu respectfully called Mr. Jishi.Faced with Mr. Ji's instructions, Xin Li did not dare to perfunctory, and replied tremblingly, sweating a little from the thin coat on his back.

"Incense Thief..." Mr. Ji suddenly opened his mouth, attracting the attention of everyone in the room, and even Huai Mingmo, who had already reached the threshold, stopped.She hesitated for a moment and only asked, "How old is he?"

Huai Mingmo was puzzled, thought for a moment, "It feels about the same age as me."

Mr. Ji's body tensed slightly, but he didn't relax. After a long silence, she said to herself, "Oh, let's go down."