Poor monks do not break the precepts

Huai Mingmo silently exited the study, and walked slowly in the yard of Songzhao House, paying close attention to Mr. Ji's words just now.He was suddenly called by someone not far away, and after hearing the sound carefully, he smiled lightly and said, "Jiang Nuyuan, why are you still here?" Walking past Jiang Dian, even though Huai Ming couldn't see him, he still felt that his body was scattered. The one who came was panicked, so he kindly said: "Jiang Nuyuan, get up and go back, Mr. Ji didn't blame you, you don't have to be too panic, just do your job well."

In fact, Jiang Dian was even more afraid of his young master, who was stubborn and refused to get up, and apologized, "Jiang Dian didn't do enough to protect the house and disturbed the young master's rest. I hope the young master will punish him."

Huai Mingmo's fan-wielding hand froze for a moment, closed his eyes and sighed secretly, shook his head and said nothing.As soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, Xin Li smiled and advised: "The pavilion master knows that Jiang Huyuan is honest and honest. Mr. Ji saw this in the beginning, and some fools have a single-minded mind and can't see the face."

"It's both an advantage and a disadvantage." Huai Mingmo wasn't annoyed, but he was a little tired, "It has nothing to do with him, it's me who is lacking. Besides, he just came to the Hermitage Villa, and I know that he has a loyal and dull temper. So I always avoid it if I can, and I don’t want him to misunderstand that I’m difficult to get along with.”

Xin Li smiled but said nothing, he knew the temper of his own pavilion master best, he was a difficult person to get along with, and he treated everyone very politely, but in fact there were only a handful of people close to him, otherwise how could he be gifted by Miss Ji as a child? He took the name of a ruthless son, and it spread throughout the rivers and lakes.

The news from Xuanji Pavilion was received early in the Wanting Pavilion. The rumors were as shocking as rain and thunder at night. Huai Mingmo had just returned to the Wanting Pavilion, and many people had come to report before he arrived at Wentao Pavilion. Really messed him up. I can't laugh or cry.After finally entering the study room to try to find some peace, someone was already waiting in the room.

Zheng Fengnian entered Xuanji Pavilion for training when he was young. He has been in the Xuanji Pavilion for about [-] years. He is considered an old Jianghu.Before Huai Mingmo came back, he sent Luo Chen out of the villa twice to investigate the surroundings. As expected, even the old and weak, women and children had heard about it.

"Needless to say, I've heard the details from my uncle." Huai Mingmo leaned weakly on the chair with qi patterns, his head was tilted back, his brows were obviously stretched, but others looked like they were tightly locked. "Brother Zheng, what do you say in the world now?"

Zheng Fengnian stood in front of the desk with a serious expression, knowing that the pavilion master was exhausted, he still had to report, "It is estimated that the rumors have spread all over the martial arts, and even the vendors who set up stalls in the morning market in the towns around the villa have heard of it, let alone Can't hide the secrets of the rivers and lakes."

Huai Mingmo's eyes were completely pitch black, and he felt even more dizzy at this moment. He raised his head and sat upright, "How many rumors have you received from the imperial court?"

"Fei Ge has sent a letter to Mr. Qin, and there will be news within two days." Luo Chen replied earnestly, not seeing the usual casual look at all.

"If you don't want to check it out, the rivers and lakes are already like this. I'm afraid the court's eyeliner has already spread the rumors to the palace. No matter how indifferent the emperor's performance is, he is actually afraid of the hidden world villa." Huai Mingmo's tone was calm and cold , "If it wasn't for the Ji family's deliberate stay away from the political vortex these years, showing loyalty and loyalty to the emperor, and guarding the martial arts for the court, otherwise he would not be willing to keep this huge villa under his nose."

Xinli specially brewed a cup of calming tea for Huai Mingmo, and said worriedly: "There is only one thing I am more worried about. What if the imperial concubine hears about it and cannot resist asking the emperor for an explanation?"

Huai Mingmo only had a few encounters with Concubine Ji, which was enough to get a feel for Concubine Ji's temper. He didn't feel any trouble about it, so he smiled and shook his head, "Is Concubine Ji just an ordinary woman and child? It's really too much for you to think about her like that." You have underestimated Concubine Ji. Besides, although Concubine Wan is the most favored, after all the years of love between husband and wife, Concubine Ji is still a noble concubine, which is why the Emperor has not moved into the Hermitage Villa for so long."

"The subordinates will step up and send people from the Xuanji Pavilion to keep an eye on the former court, so that nothing can go wrong at this juncture."

"Yeah, before the wind blows, there must be no more rumors that are unfavorable to Ji's family and the hidden world villa." Huai Mingmo pulled out a silk handkerchief from his bosom, and the people in the room immediately knew the identity of the owner of the handkerchief, but it was just a matter of business at this juncture. If you want, no one will not have long eyes and gossip and jokes.

Huai Mingmo carefully put the handkerchief into Xinli's hands, feeling slightly reluctant and helpless, but his expression was calm, as usual, "The fragrance on this handkerchief is special, Zang Li and Luo Chen are following this direction Investigation, it is estimated that clues can be found out."

Xinli put the handkerchief up to his nose and smelled it carefully, and sure enough, he smelled a familiar fragrance, which was the smell from Xiang Pirates. "The smell of this gouache is really refreshing and unique."

Huai Mingmo pursed his lips and walked to the door near the stone platform of Canglang Lake, raised his chin slightly and looked straight into the distance, as if looking at the beautiful scenery, with a trace of resentment in his eyes, "If you can find out the identity of the incense thief, find him , perhaps on the contrary, it is easier to know who is making trouble out of nothing. Such a large-scale plan to harm the Hermitage Villa, then no wonder I acted in self-defense."

"My subordinates will investigate immediately." Luo Chen and Zang Li replied at the same time, and they flew out of the Wanting Pavilion as quickly as a falcon.

Zheng Fengnian's eyebrows and eyelashes moved slightly, revealing the words buried in his heart, "Pavilion master doesn't suspect what the Fragrant Pirates did?"

Xinli saw that Huai Mingmo intended to protect Xiang Pirates, and coincidentally trimmed his beard when he accompanied Huai Mingmo back all the way, so he agreed with his cabinet master that Xiang Pirates only played the role of stealing in this matter, and the rumors were obviously very serious. she passed on.Huai Mingmo was annoyed and nodded his Ning Shen Xiang, not wanting to explain too much, because he had almost no sleep the night before, and his mind was tired, so he leaned on the desk and squinted his eyes to take a rest.

"If the Fragrant Pirates planned to do it, there is no need to risk being caught and steal books when you are internally injured. After all, there are too few people in the martial arts world who have seen her, and there are only rumors that there are treasures from the previous dynasty hidden in the hidden world villa. That's it." Afraid of waking Huai Mingmo, Xin Li spoke very softly, almost whispering in Zheng Fengnian's ear: "Obviously the Fragrance Pirate has also been betrayed, since people in the martial arts know that the treasure map is on her, how can they let her go?" Is she keeping it all the time? Everyone will only try their best to find her, and how can her identity be hidden so well? If her true identity is exposed, can the hidden world villa and Wulin Zhengdao let her go? The mastermind behind it obviously wants to Kill two birds with one stone, and get rid of the Fragrance Pirates and the Hidden World Villa together."

"This man is very careful, and his shadow is in the dark. He can get rid of two thorns in his eyes without any effort." Zheng Fengnian sincerely sighed, glanced at Huai Mingmo who was sleeping, and whispered to Xin Li: "I'll go to the other side of the Canglang River to check. Let’s explore, maybe the Fragrant Pirates will unintentionally leave clues when they pass by.”

"If you find out the identity of the incense thief, don't announce it to the outside world. Even if Mr. Ji asks, you are not allowed to say a word." Huai Mingmo still closed his eyes, but changed his posture.

Zheng Fengnian stopped, regardless of whether Huai Mingmo could see it or not, he saluted respectfully as usual, "I obey. I will tell Luo Chen and Zang Li not to reveal any news about the incense robbers." Huai Mingmo's fingertips slightly Moving, like answering like raving.

Xinli followed Zheng Fengnian out of the study, and came back in less than half a moment. He tiptoed to Huai Mingmo, bent slightly and whispered: "Pavilion Master, go back to the room and rest, the subordinates have already sent everyone away." gone."

Sure enough, no one came to disturb the way to the main house. Huai Mingmo returned to the bedroom and did not lie down to rest. He went straight to the other side of the canopy bed and stood in front of the wardrobe.He fiddled twice with his hand on the orchid-shaped cupboard door, and there was a slight mechanical sound on the left, and the wardrobe carved with Dongmei slowly moved back, revealing a passage that one person could enter.

"Pavilion master, please be careful, your subordinates are here to guard."

Huai Mingmo didn't rush into the secret passage, his shoulders were slightly slumped, he felt lost and lonely, and lamented: "I said before, you don't need to call me the master of the pavilion in private, and you don't need to be subordinate."

"Your subordinate took orders. Oh no, I know." Xin Li looked into the tunnel, worried, "Usually Brother Zheng is here, and I will accompany you down..."

Huai Mingmo waved his hand in disgust, "I've gone down alone many times, and I'm familiar with the way down there, so you can just rest assured and look up."

Normally, Xinli would light a fire book to lead the way, otherwise, when the trap door was closed, the entire tunnel staircase would be filled with darkness, and people with good eyesight would not be able to adapt to such an environment.Huai Mingmo had walked this downward staircase countless times, and he remembered the height of the stone steps, the length of the stone steps, the number of steps spiraling down, and even which steps the stones were damaged.Huai Mingmo walked down the last staircase and at the end was a stone wall. The mechanism on the stone wall was made of five elements and eight trigrams. The activation mechanism was very complicated. As long as the stone beads on the wall fluctuated in the wrong order, countless stone holes in the tunnel wall would continue. Shooting sharp poisonous arrows, even the best masters of lightness kung fu will not be able to escape death.

Huai Mingmo walked into the secret room beside him, and went straight to the stone cabinet where the Xingxiu sword manual was stored. The door of the cabinet was closed tightly, and the mechanism was covered with a thin layer of dust. It was obvious that no one had opened it for a long time.The entire authentic mechanism was built by the mechanism master Lu Ban decades ago. There are a lot of guns hidden in the stone slab on the top of the secret room. , the medicine will explode and the water from Canglang Lake will be poured into the secret room.

After confirming that the real sword manual was intact, Huai Mingmo quickly left the secret room and returned to the one in his bedroom.Although Huai Mingmo is blind, he hates the dark very much, so even at night, when everything is silent, he will still let Xinli light the floor palace lantern.

Seeing that Huai Mingmo came out safely, Xinli's heart sank, and he carefully helped Huai Mingmo to bed, intending to go outside to guard.

Huaiming Mo Shensi was tense all morning, and he was really tired right now. He reached out to take out something from under the soft gold silk pillow, only to find that there was nothing there. Xinli said, "Don't let anyone disturb you for half an hour."

"Yes." Even if he didn't order, Xinli planned not to let anyone enter the house before noon.Normally Huai Mingmo would not give special instructions, but today was an exception. I was very surprised, and then I heard Huai Mingmo hesitantly murmur, "And..." He was silent for a long time, then sighed silently, and said weakly: "It's okay .”

Xin Li stared at Huai Mingmo who was lying sideways on the bed for a while, and said respectfully: "Pavilion master, don't worry, Zang Li's nose and memory are different from ordinary people, and since she has smelled it, she doesn't need to wear a incense thief's veil to investigate. I will definitely put away the handkerchief." A playful smirk floated on the corner of Xinli's lips, "Why don't I bring you the square handkerchief, so that you won't lose sleep because of overthinking."

Huai Mingmo hurriedly said, "No need, I will keep it in your safekeeping for now."

"Yes." Xinli smiled meaningfully, exited the bedroom lightly, and quietly closed the door.