Poor monks do not break the precepts

Tremblingly, he took Xu Sheng's full tea, Xin Li stared at it for a while, and couldn't help swallowing twice, wondering if the tea might be poisoned.He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't notice what Xu Sheng said at all, until Xu Sheng couldn't help coughing lightly to remind him, he came back to his senses, his eyes were dull and his mouth was half open.

Xu Sheng covered his eyes with his palms, and patted his forehead.Chen Xiang said unhappily: "The landlord asked you, what is the purpose of coming to him?"

Youdao opened the skylight to speak frankly, but Xinli was quick-witted and said with a smile: "The landlord of your house is a man of gods, how could he not know my purpose?"

Chen Xiang looked at the disgusting appearance of this playful smile, wishing to tear it off, but was stopped by Xu Sheng, who waved his hand and said: "Chen Xiang sees off the guests."

Xu Sheng said that he wanted to get up, Xin Li quickly suppressed his smile when he saw this, and even apologized.Accept it when you see it, Xu Shengfu sat down again, "Since you're making a cliché, you have to show some sincerity."

Seeing that he couldn't take advantage of it, Xin Li shrugged his shoulders slightly to admit defeat, and said honestly: "To tell you the truth, I really don't know anything about it." He raised his hand as he spoke, and said vigorously as if swearing: "I just think this Di Feng is very tactful in dealing with people, and she treats people kindly as if she deliberately did so."

"Stop fooling me." Xu Sheng sneered, "You know, I don't believe your nonsense."

"I really didn't find out anything." Xinli was really frustrated now, and said helplessly: "I once sent someone to secretly investigate this Di Feng, but she hid it very well, and I found nothing after many inquiries. get."

Zhun Xinli knew something, but he still didn't let go, he just said: "It's such a big hidden world villa, I see that others are very satisfied with this eldest grandson's daughter-in-law. Before today, no one doubted it at all. Why are you suspicious of her? "

Xin Li smiled wryly and said: "I came back in the middle of the night, and accidentally bumped into one of her subordinates at the remote corner gate of the villa, and was carrying a man out. The man was unconscious or dead, his limbs were tied, and a cloth ball was stuffed in his mouth. Then Afterwards, I paid special attention, and found that the person who was carried out that night never appeared in the villa again." He frowned as he spoke, feeling as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, "Afterwards, I paid more attention to the situation in Di's courtyard, and found that the people in her courtyard His body was often wounded, and innocent people even disappeared."

The more Chen Xiang listened, the more confused she became, her brows and eyes were slightly frowned, it was really strange, "Could it be that other people in the villa didn't notice it?"

Xin Li stretched out his hand to help Chen Xiang, who was tilting his head, brush away the tufts of hair in front of his eyebrows. When he retracted his hand, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Xu Sheng's expression, and immediately got goosebumps, and his hands froze in mid-air, at a loss for what to do. Going to the courtyard of the juniors, although Miss Ji and Young Master Ji love to visit, they rarely go to the courtyard of Young Master Ji. What's more, there are so many servants in the courtyard, who will remember them all. "

Chen Xiang patted the hand that obstructed the eyes, leaned forward and asked: "It's just that the person next to her is down, and the person next to her pillow didn't notice?"

Xin Li stared at Xu Sheng who hadn't said a word from the corner of his eye, and seeing his frown tightened, he quickly straightened his back consciously, and put a little distance away from Chen Xiang, "Master Ji..." After a moment of hesitation, Xin Li's eyes Lifting it, he said in a low voice: "Ji Deqin's temper has changed drastically. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has matured a lot after marriage, but I always feel that he seems to be covering up something."

Fine snow gradually drifted outside the window, rustling and covering the old snow that had not yet melted.Xu Sheng listened to Xin Li's words for a long time, then turned his head to enjoy the view outside the window, was silent for a long time, and finally opened his mouth, "How much do you know about Hehuanzhai?"

"The Hehuan Zhai is full of women, only the ostensible owner—Ding Zixu is a man." Xin Li said disdainfully: "I found out that they mainly do the skin business, and most of the women under them are bought. , but their sellers are fixed, there is always a group of people."

Xu Sheng lazily said: "What else?"

He opened his mouth to say something, but Xinli couldn't help but thump, and suddenly felt like Xu Sheng's subordinate was reporting something, and Xu Sheng took advantage of it for no reason.Xinli cleared his throat, and said forcefully: "What Xuanji Pavilion found is only superficial, what is the inner part, I still want to ask for advice."

Xu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and asked: "Then do you know what trick Ding Zixu used to hold those girls?"

Taking a sip of tea to soothe his throat, Xin Li said with a sneer: "I heard that Hehuanzhai has a secret recipe called Youhuan Cup. Once it is used on a woman, there is no medicine to cure it. But what are the properties of the medicine? What are the symptoms? ? It's really hard to find out."

There are some things that shouldn't be said in front of her daughter's family, but Chen Xiang is by Xu Sheng's side all day long, has seen countless killings, has been in the brothel several times, and is a real hero among women.So Xu Sheng has no taboos in front of her, Chen Xiang knows everything he should know and what he shouldn't know.Xu Sheng has no scruples, but Xinli has a thin skin and is too embarrassed to say so.

Xu Sheng couldn't care about Xin Li's feelings, so he opened his mouth and said: "What kind of thing is this? It's just a love potion used to control people. But that drug is indeed unique. It uses people as medicine. Ji Deqin tasted it for a whole year. Can the temperament remain unchanged?" Looking at Xin Li, whose eyes were red and ears red, and Chen Xiang's face as usual, without any shyness.

"If you have close contact with women who take You Huan Cup, will your life be in danger?" Xin Li paused, looking at Chen Xiang's face from time to time, worried that he would be misunderstood.

"No problem, it's just that those with unstable temperament are easy to be manipulated."

Xin Li is good at observing colors. Although Xu Sheng's emotions are more difficult to detect than Huai Mingmo's, he can still detect one or two things if he observes the subtle movements carefully. For example, when Xu Sheng is impatient, he will rub the bracelet as he does now.He rambled out some useful information, but he didn't dare to push his feet, and expressed his intentions in a sensible way.

It turned out that Xin Li did not believe that it was Chen Xiang who killed the man by mistake from the beginning, but since Mr. Ji was present at the time, it was difficult to go up and check the truth, and he was a little unconfident, afraid that he would not be able to find out if he went to check, so he wanted to find out. Xu Sheng goes with him.Xin Li seemed to be asking for credit, and looked at Chen Xiang proudly, "Second Master Ji didn't see the flaw, let alone me, so I wanted to find you."

Xu Sheng nodded and immediately agreed, "Speaking of which, I'm also a little curious, what method did she use to hide it from Ji Erye's eyes."

It was close to dinner time, and the kitchen boy was delivering food to the wing rooms in the courtyards without small kitchens. If he left later, he would run into them, Xinli said something hastily.In order to avoid bumping into people, he took a detour into the bamboo forest path, waited for a long time for the food delivery boy to walk by, and after making sure that there was no one there, he left in a hurry, and when he returned to the ancestral hall, he happened to catch up with some people inside who had finished kneeling and came out.

Kneeling in the ancestral hall for an hour in the twelfth lunar month of winter was not very pleasant, but there was a futon from my aunt before, and a cold-dispelling elixir from a friend later, and a few people blew the cold wind for a long time, except for the numbness of the knees, everything else was fine.

Ji Deqin was the last to come out of the ancestral hall, still with a straight face, without talking to his siblings, he took Di Feng who was waiting in the courtyard and left.

"Hey, big brother really has a grudge?" Ji Deen was so hungry that he shivered coldly, wrapped his robe tightly, and complained: "Could it be that he insisted on going his own way, and we deserve to be punished today?"

Ji Boru was never afraid of the cold, just after taking the pills, now he walked around for a while, his body became much warmer, so he took off his fox fur robe and put it on Huaimingmo.While looking at Gu Huaimingmo's body, he looked at Ji Deqin's back, and said solemnly: "Brother Deqin is really strange, he seems to be a different person."

Huai Mingmo looked ashamed, "It's my fault, I have to argue with my brother to hurt you."

Ji Boru hugged Huai Mingmo, and his words were both comforting and truthful, "It's none of your business, without you fighting against him, I would have argued a few words. His appearance just now looks like he wants to eat Chenxiang , indiscriminate, it is really hard to watch."

Ji Deqin nodded, thinking of Ji Deqin's unforgiving appearance, and seeing that he didn't even say hello when he came out just now, it was really out of style.It is very inappropriate for brothers to quarrel with each other in front of guests, and now they are disregarding affection in private, after all, they are their own elder brothers, so they have to try their best to persuade them, so they don't talk too much with Ji Boru and Huai Mingmo, After leaving, he hurriedly walked along the path that Ji Deqin left.

Waving Ji Deen away, Ji Boru still didn't leave even though he was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, he dragged Huaiming Mo for a long time, his mouth was so dry and the corners of his mouth were peeling, he still didn't wait for Xinli to open his mouth.She stared bitterly at those clamshell-like lips, and wanted to throw him into a pot of boiling water to cook, but after grinding for a long time, she couldn't bear the growling stomach, so she turned back. government.

After all the people around had left, Huai Mingmo said, "Have you looked for him?"

Xinli helped Huai Mingmo, whose legs were still numb, to walk slowly, and said in a low voice, "I see, it's not slippery, and I don't want to suffer at all."

Huai Mingmo smiled, "Where has he ever suffered a disadvantage? Taking advantage of everything, he still likes to be a good boy." Silently, he said with a gloomy face, "What did he say? Did Sister-in-law Di intend to frame Chen Xiang?"

Accompanying Huai Mingmo all the way back to the Wanting Hall, Xinli explained exactly what Xu Sheng said and doubted, Huai Mingmo's expression became more gloomy when he heard it, and when the two of them walked outside the hall, the black face It was as embarrassing as if it had been smeared with carbon dust.The mother in charge happened to be training the newly purchased little girl in the courtyard, and when she saw Huai Mingmo coming back, she wanted to greet him with a smile, but she just took two steps forward, noticed the look on her face, stopped and hesitated.

Afterwards, the Wanting Pavilion remained silent for a long time. Since Honggu was dismissed, the people in the pavilion gradually realized that his young master's temper was very assertive, and he was never as kind as he appeared on the inside, so no one dared to speak up that night. room, no one wants to get into trouble and ask for trouble.

This also saves Huai Mingmo the trouble of sending people away. He extinguished the candles in the house at midnight as usual after Xu Shi, and then he and Xin Litong came out from the back window and rushed to park Liu Shen's body quietly. lonely courtyard.

At that time, the frosty moonlight silently fell on the courtyard, and sprinkled on the satin overcoat with moon-white flowing shadows.He looked up to the sky with his hands behind his back, and he didn't look back when he heard the sound behind him, and said for a long time: "You guys are in good time, come later, I can't wait for you, so I will go in first."

Huai Mingmo shook his head with a faint smile, and said affirmatively: "If you want to clear Chen Xiang's grievances, you won't go in alone."

Xu Sheng walked slowly to Huai Mingmo's side, and saw that he was only wearing a thin shirt, his lips were a little purple from the cold.In a hurry to show him his true spirit, he took out a cloak with a mink fur collar as if he had a foresight, and frowned slightly between his brows: "Do you think Yu Qiongsheng is a panacea? There are so few clothes in cold winter." His cold eyes glanced at Xinli, and Xinli was hair-raising.

Huai Mingmo let Xu Sheng help him tie his clothes, and the tender smile in his eyes gradually grew stronger, "You don't have to prepare for me. Besides, it's inconvenient to wear too many clothes, and it's easy to be discovered by people in my courtyard."

"What's the matter? People in your courtyard dare to block your way?" Xu Sheng followed Huai Mingmo's pace, walked shoulder to shoulder, turned his head and teased Xin Li who was looking around: "There's no need to look for it, Chen Xiang is going to do something outside the villa , did not come with me."

His cold hands were stuffed into a hand stove, Huai Mingmo's heart was warm, and he smiled lightly: "You have a heart. They really didn't dare to block my way, but there are so many people, and if they are not sure, whoever will report first. Today There’s already such an uproar in the afternoon, why do we have to come back in the middle of the night.”

Outside the house where the corpses were kept, a servant fell to the ground leaning against the wall, sleeping soundly against the wall as if drunk.Xin Li squatted aside and sniffed, and his heart dropped slightly, "I'm afraid there will be a storm tomorrow."

"When they wake up, they will keep their mouths shut and never dare to reveal anything about tonight." Xu Sheng raised his brows slightly, pushed open the half-closed door, and went straight in.

Huai Mingmo followed closely, and said with a smile, "Why are you so sure?"

Holding his breath, Xu Sheng approached Liu Shen's corpse like a turtle, untied his crumpled clothes in disgust, tore off a cloth bag from his waist, took out several white handkerchiefs, and tried to wrap his fingers.

Those who have been to the withered grass hut know Xu Sheng well, Xin Li shook his head and said, "I'll do it." After finishing speaking, he quickly untied the bag of his underwear, revealing a wound that spanned his abdomen. It's very thin, maybe Ji Sushan broke it apart and looked at it, causing the blood to flow like a fountain and leave traces. It is difficult to find the wound now.

Xu Sheng moved two steps back, leaned forward slightly, and dodged carefully.After being coy for a while, Huai Mingmo couldn't help laughing and said, "Why don't I invite Qin Yuzuo here."

Provoked by someone, Xu Sheng said bravely: "Break it open and have a look."

Xinli acted according to his words, and saw that the wound inside was extremely deep, and it didn't look like someone had cut it with a sharp weapon. If he tried to look inside, it would easily cause damage to the corpse, so he gave up.The finishing touches were still done by Xin Li. He carefully dressed the corpse before sitting around the table in the seat vacant for him, facing the cold December wind, blowing his hair in a bun. Get loose and look more and more embarrassed.As for Xu Sheng, who was sitting opposite him with his back to the wind, he was protected by the magic power of Mingxiang, and he seemed to enjoy the strong wind very much.

"The window...close it smaller." Xin Li was shivering from the cold, unable to speak.

Xu Sheng opened his innocent black eyes, blinked twice, tilted his head as if wondering: "Why?" He turned his head to look at Huai Mingmo who was tightly wrapped, and asked with a smile: "Do you still feel cold?" See Huai Mingmo shook his head, turned to look at Xinli again, and reasoned: "The smell of blood in the room is too heavy. Someone might find out when they come to carry the corpse away tomorrow. Let's get rid of the smell first."

It's strange that there is no smell of blood in the room where the corpses are parked. Xinli roared in his heart, but under the pressure of Huaimingmo and Chenxiang, he had to lie down, "I smell the same smell. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. We How about talking about it in another place?"

Xu Sheng looked around, and then looked outside the house for a long time, "It's not bad, there is no need to change places. Besides, who will come to this infiltrating place in the middle of the night, don't worry."

I don't know whether it's from the cold or from the anger, Xin Li wanted to vomit blood, and glanced at Huai Mingmo for help from time to time, but he couldn't see it.Xinli cried out in agony, and struggled to the death, "Since Liu Shen died unjustly, he had a lot of resentment, so if he stays for a long time, he is afraid that it will be bad for the living."

Xu Sheng clapped his hands and said: "You reminded me, I should save him." Before he finished speaking, he had already taken the Buddhist beads, as if something had happened.Seeing this, Xin Li's face turned pale and blue, and he was about to faint.

"Forgive him." Huai Mingmo shook his head with a wry smile and said, intending to say a few words for Xin Li, but ever since Xin Li came up with the idea of ​​Chen Xiang, Xu Sheng has been thinking about punishing him day and night.He also wanted to say a few more words at this time, but according to Xu Sheng's temperament, he might not be adding fuel to the fire, so he simply said four words lightly.

Xu Sheng seemed to have a dark face, and he didn't intend to play tricks on Xinli once, he swung his wrist, and the palm wind came out, covering the wooden window, leaving only a small gap to breathe and deodorize.Suddenly he said something astonishing, "Staying on the beam for a long time will cause back pain, Mr. Ji will come down and talk about it?"

Sure enough, there was a clear and beautiful laugh from the beam, Mr. Ji quickly turned over and fell down, dragging a round stool to sit between Huai Mingmo and Xu Sheng, forcing Xu Sheng to move half a foot towards Xin Lina.

Mr. Ji waved to the two juniors who stood like wooden figures, "Don't stand stupidly, both of you."

"Why is mother here?" Huai Mingmo asked in surprise.

Xu Sheng remained calm, and replied like a chicken talking to a duck: "It turns out that the two servants at the door were brought down by Mr. Ji."

"Since you knew I was there from the beginning, why didn't you expose me earlier, and you insisted on procrastinating until now? Do you want me to stay on the beam for a while?" Mr. Ji looked at Xu Sheng with burning eyes, as if he was about to Xu Sheng gets along with the answer before opening his mouth.

Huai Mingmo recalled what happened just now, and Wu Wu said: "So just now I opened the window to diffuse the smell, not only to tease Xin Li, but also to find out who is on the beam?"

"I don't have time to play tricks on him." Being told by Ming, Xu Sheng was a little embarrassed, and he quickly recovered his calm look, explaining: "I saw footprints on the ground when I entered the room, and I knew it was a woman. The smell of blood in the room was too heavy just now, I can't tell who it is from the villa."

Of course, Mr. Ji knew what Xu Sheng was referring to secretly, but he was a little confused, "How can you be sure it's me, not my little girl?"

Xu Sheng resisted the desire to sprinkle powder on Xin Li, stood up and walked to the window, stood facing the wind, and then he was relieved, and said euphemistically: "Miss Ji is not so patient."

Hearing outsiders say this about his daughter, Mr. Ji was not only angry, but nodded in response, and sighed again and again, "My daughter is really not good." While speaking, she glanced at Huai Mingmo from the corner of her eye, and said through gritted teeth, "The rest of the boys in the family are also called People have headaches."

Huai Mingmo silently lowered his eyes after listening.Mr. Ji seems to be gnashing his teeth, but he is not angry at all, his eyes are full of love for the younger generation.

"Miss Ji lacks some experience, and besides, she is still young, so she will be fine in a few years. Besides, Miss Ji already has Mr. Ji's demeanor in her eyes, and I think it will not be much different in the future." Xu Sheng's words are not all compliments, after many years Through daily observations, he found that although Ji Boru's martial arts were still weak and his temperament was not calm enough, but his behavior and handling of things gradually resembled Mr. Ji's, and he would become a great weapon in the future.

Seeing that the topic was far away, Mr. Ji withdrew his smile, stared straight at Xu Sheng's black eyes, and said, "Did you find anything?"

Xu Sheng stared back with a pleasant smile, and slowly said: "I still want to ask Mr. Ji for advice." Pointing to the beam calmly, he smiled more and more warmly.

Huai Mingmo found that Xu Sheng was more and more fond of teasing people, he could do whatever he wanted to do to him, but he didn't want him to offend his mother because of this, so he quickly smoothed things over and said: "You just watched for a long time and didn't say a word, didn't you really notice it?"

Xu Sheng shook his head frankly, his eyes were clear and there was no trace of dodge, Mr. Ji couldn't see through Xu Sheng, but he could still tell whether he was hiding something or not.Mr. Ji was not surprised at all, but felt that this was all expected. Since he dared to openly frame him, not to mention he was absolutely sure, there must be a [-]% certainty that no one would see him out, so he dared to act recklessly.

"Mother believes that Chen Xiang is innocent?" Huai Ming's Mo Xin was all on Xu Sheng's body, he was a little dazed when he spoke, and his brain was not working well.

"Otherwise, what am I doing here? To catch you right?" Mr. Ji looked at the 'stupid son' a little funny, rolled up his sleeves while talking, and walked straight to Liu Shen's body.

Before Xu Sheng could stop him, Huai Mingmo was already standing in front of them, "If mother wants to investigate carefully, she should insist on asking son to ask Qin Yu to do it when there is a quarrel. He is much more professional than us."

"Don't let their master and servant be wronged?" Mr. Ji couldn't get used to this kind of shady behavior, and his tone was quite annoyed, "I used to look at that girl, I only thought that she was too tactful in life, but thinking of her family background , I thought it was because the daughters of the aristocratic family saw a lot of them. I didn’t think it was such a method, I really learned everything in the inner house thoroughly.”

Huai Mingmo wanted to explain Xu Sheng's suspicion, but Mr. Ji murmured in a low voice: "However, he strikes fiercely and has excellent swordsmanship. I'm afraid she is not a daughter of a scholarly family."

After speaking, Xu Sheng didn't hide anything, and expressed his doubts frankly.Mr. Ji really frowned when he heard it, and the wrinkles on his forehead quietly told the story of the years.Although Mr. Ji is a daughter of the rivers and lakes, unlike that boudoir woman who seldom goes out and is less exposed to frost and dust, but she is well maintained, there are few fine lines at the corners of her eyes when she smiles, and no forehead lines when she frowns occasionally.This is the case at the moment, which is enough to show how angry he is at this time.

Mr. Ji thought about it for a long time, and he didn't need to explain his intentions in vain. He immediately came up with an idea: "External management will pay close attention to things. Internally, let Shao Zhi pay attention to the people under his command. If you find someone who has strange behavior, write down the name and send it to you. That newspaper. As for that Di family..." The voice was much colder, and she said slowly: "Regardless of whether it is true or not, if you dare to do sinister things in the village, then don't blame the Ji family for not allowing her."

"Mr. Ji plans to have an incident happen at the same time?"

"Of course, the Ji family will not wrong people, nor will they release people by mistake." Mr. Ji seemed to have a quick arrow in his eyes, looking at Xu Sheng ready to go, which was also a warning.

Xu Sheng smiled fearlessly: "I have no intention of becoming an enemy of the Ji family." He took out a piece of origami paper and handed it to Mr. Ji, "This is the weapon I drew based on my guess, and I would like to ask Mr. Ji to do it for me. I'll run an errand and ask someone to forge the same sword."

Xin Li took a closer look and said bluntly, "Such a thin sword is not easy to make."

Huai Mingmo said: "It is difficult to forge, so it is easy to check."

Mr. Ji carefully put away the paintings, thought for a long time, and decided to hand over this important secret matter to the hidden guards of the hidden world villa. These people are all her confidants, and they will never pretend to be sneaky.

Seeing that Mr. Ji was about to leave, Xu Sheng opened his mouth in a strange way: "Why would Mr. Ji believe me?"

Mr. Ji paused, didn't look back, just chuckled, "It's not that I believe in you, it's my son who is willing to believe in you. I'm just helping him."

Being human and children, they can't share the burden for their parents, but let them worry about themselves. Huai Mingmo's hand holding the stove became tighter, and he didn't even notice that his fingertips accidentally touched the copper surface that was not covered with flannelette, and he didn't feel any pain when his skin was scalded.It was Xinli and Xusheng who smelled the smell of meat and frightened and pulled his hand. Fortunately, it was only a small piece on the fingertips, and it was not easy to fester in the severe cold weather, so they were relieved.

Naturally, Xin Li didn't want to say much, but since his own pavilion master had a heart, he was not afraid of being restrained by others. As expected, Huai Mingmo waited for Xu Sheng to scold him head and face.But Huai Mingmo heard that Xu Sheng was caring about him, so he didn't care what he was scolding him, he accepted it with a light smile, and made Xu angry so much that he wanted to kick his feet to vent his anger.