Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 45 The Phantom of the Ancient Temple
An old voice said: "This time Master Qin Xiang has a good plan. Old and young people must not report it to the leader, so that Master Qin Xiang can record his first merit."

Another charming voice said: "Master of Incense Prayer, I have entrusted the man to you. The people in our hall will leave the city at dawn. If everything goes well, we will still draw a picture on the city wall to inform you."

The old voice said: "Bring that dog officer over here."

There was a moment of confusion, and an old voice said: "Xu Tuiguan, you are young and promising, so you probably don't want to die here. The ancient temple and deserted house here are completely deserted. How could anyone know that such a promising official is buried here?" Use it as flower fertilizer.”

The young voice said: "What do you want to do? Murder an imperial official. Do you deserve this crime?"

"Hmph," the old voice said, "I will reward the official with a pill for immortality and reconstruction."

"You, you..." The young voice was struggling.

"Tsk, tsk, this elixir is extremely precious. It is hard to find even one pill for everyone in my sect. After three days, the sky will be full of flowers, and you will always have heavenly joy. If there is no guide pill to guide you slowly, you will reach the paradise."

"What do you want me to do?" The young voice calmed down.

"Xu Tuiguan is indeed a son of an official. He is indeed aware of current affairs. Fei Limu is my brother in the sect. We must rescue him."

"This is strange. Fei Limu committed a crime and was escorted to Zhizhou Yamen long ago. Now he shouldn't be detained in Zhizhou Yamen prison."

"My teacher found out everything. He was imprisoned in the dungeon of Shibosi under the personal order of Master Tiji. He just hid it from others."

"I can only take you in. You have to find the place yourself. I can't make the decision in the office."

"Six of the best in my teaching will pretend to be your followers, and they will sneak in with you at dawn. After that, you only need to watch what happens. When we rescue people, your guidance pills and your six companions will be returned. Most of the things in the yamen are passed on. No matter how angry Mr. Tiju is, he will at most punish you with negligence. With such a powerful family background, you will be reinstated in just a year and a half."

"I hope you will keep your word." The young voice said.

The wooden stairs sounded, and it seemed that several people were going up the tower. The old voice sounded like this, and arranged it one by one, and several men said yes one after another.

"We will set off after the morning drum at the third quarter of the fifth watch. At Mao Shi (five o'clock in the morning), we will enter the Shibo Tiju Si Yamen. After we have succeeded, we will go out of the city to meet up. Remember this."

Everyone called him "No."

Suddenly, the lights on the second floor of the Haining Temple Tower went out, and there was a sharp clash of weapons. The old voice groaned, obviously injured.

"Master Praying for Incense, you may not be able to exert your strength." A clear female voice said: "I advise you all to put down your weapons. You have all inhaled my Immortal Drunk Powder for a full moment. You can't go anywhere, and I won't take it. For your life, the poison will dissipate after one day."

"What do you mean?" an old voice asked.

"Master Praying for Incense, I have no grievances against you and I, I'm so sorry. You asked me what I meant when I restrained you. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous." A clear female voice said.

Next to the Taihu Stone outside the Haining Temple Pagoda, Wang Heng felt that the voice seemed familiar, and he blinked at Wang Cai, who winked, apparently feeling the same way.

At this moment, the lights in the tower reappeared, and the situation changed again.

There was a clanging sound of swords, and it could be heard that two people were fighting for a long time. Suddenly, there was a clang, the sword was kicked away, and a clear female voice screamed.

"Miss Yu'er, although you have not been with me for a long time and you are brave and ruthless, I value you very much, but I didn't realize that you were an official." This charming voice turned out to be that of Qin Xiang, who had already left before. host.

"Pooh."

"You are a member of the lower sect of our sect. I don't doubt you at all, but you act strangely. The secret code for communicating with the incense master should only be painted at Gao Bridge in the city, but you are at Zhoujing Bridge, Zhou Jing Bridge, Bridge and Gao Bridge were painted three times in a row. I just thought you were not very familiar with the city, and I didn’t expect you to be harboring evil intentions.”

The old voice laughed dryly and said: "Thanks to Lord Qin Xiang for his help, please give me the antidote so as not to miss the important event of the leader."

There was another noise on the tower, and Qin Xiangzhu fumbled for a blue and white porcelain bottle from Yu'er's arms, smelled it, and said, "This is it. This Shenxian Shenzui Powder only makes people weak and has very little toxicity. Take the pills." It will be solved in a moment." Distribute it to everyone on the tower.

"Bang Boring" A person jumped down from the Haining Temple Tower, and the girl Yu'er kicked through the paper window and ran away.As soon as she flew a few feet away, she fell into the weeds and groaned in pain.It turned out that Lord Qin Xiang from the tower flew out a rope and tied her left leg.

Qin Xiangzhu jumped up, looked around and said, "Come here, tie her up."

The place where Yu'er fell to the ground was very close to the Taihu Rock where Wang Heng and Wang Cai lived. The incident happened suddenly and it was obviously too late to retreat.After a moment of hesitation, he heard a charming voice floating in his ear: "Oh, there are two other accomplices here who also want to taste the power of my Immortal Cable."

As they spoke, the rope strangled Wang Cai's throat like a poisonous snake, while Wang Heng was tied up half way down from his chest, and a man dressed as a member of his own congregation tied them up.At this time, Yu'er suddenly said loudly: "Prayer for the incense, the Lu Zuo Envoy of our religion has a high status. It is no exaggeration to say that he is inferior to one person and is more than ten thousand people. But at the beginning of this year, the Lu Zuo Envoy came back from overseas and was seriously injured for some reason. , died within a few days, and since then there has been no peace in the main altar. Everyone is fighting for this left envoy like a black-eyed chicken. Elder Sun said that he would promote one from the chief ministers in various branches to pray for incense. Lord, think about it, who else can compete with Lord Qin Xiang."

The incense master had some doubts when he was poisoned. Hearing this, he couldn't help but be very afraid of Qin Xiangzhu. That Yu'er was a member of Qin Xiangzhu's hall. Qin Xiangzhu was already suspicious, but he just sat back and watched her. Poison, maybe he waited outside the tower to see himself getting hit by a sword before coming out to rescue him.

He was injured at this time, so he didn't want to argue with Qin Xiangzhu.She pretended to shout: "What a witch, you dare to sow discord."

Lord Qin Xiang drew his sword and said angrily: "I'm here to kill this traitor to our religion."

The incense leader hurriedly stopped him and said: "The big thing the leader is planning is important. Don't pay attention to the people on the sidelines. The state and city are different from the countryside. Don't cause more troubles. These people will be guarded by my cousin in the tower and wait for me. Come back and interrogate me again."

Although Lord Qin Xiang was dissatisfied, he also knew how powerful it was, so he restrained his temper and led his subordinates to leave.

At that time, the sky was about to dawn and the morning drums were beating loudly.

A group of believers in the abandoned garden of Haining Temple disappeared as fast as lightning.

Wang Cai glared fiercely at Yu'er who was also tied to the pillar of the Haining Temple Tower. As the saying goes, the road between enemies is narrow. No wonder the voice sounded familiar just now. Yu'er was none other than Fei Yue.

Fei Yue'er showed no signs of weakness and stared back at him with her eyes rolling.Although their eyes were tense, they seemed to have a tacit understanding and remained silent.

The two big men outside the tower were the subordinates of the incense master. They were ordered to watch over them. Seeing that the three of them were neither noisy nor making a fuss, and the ropes were tied tightly, they felt bored after guarding them for a while, so they went to have fun elsewhere and called out An old man who looked like a servant came to take a look from time to time.

After the people were gone, Wang Heng breathed a sigh of relief. He was safe for the time being and had to think of an escape plan.

A thin voice came: "Seventh Young Master."

Wang Heng's heart trembled. Is this an enemy or a friend?
The voice said: "Don't talk. I will come to cut off the ropes for you one by one later. Those who are loosened first should not move and lean against the pillar to avoid being seen by those people in the distance. Wait until I say "Run" ", everyone ran after me."

A man in black slipped out of the window and pulled off his mask, revealing a handsome face. To his surprise, it turned out to be Xiaosheng Yueting.

Yueting's sword is extremely fast, and he is clearly a skilled practitioner.Wang Heng was first loosened, and then Wang Cai, after a moment's hesitation, helped Fei Yuer cut the rope.

Then he shouted softly: "Run."

In the blink of an eye, Yueting was already several feet away.Wang Heng struggled to catch up, but Xiaocai's hands and feet were numb and he was staggering. At this time, Yu'er ignored the past and dragged Xiaocai forward together with Wang Heng.

There was a shout from behind, and he thought he had been discovered, so he had no time to look back and just ran forward for his life.

It was indeed right to follow Yueting. Yueting was obviously very familiar with Haining Temple. He jumped up and down and saw the broken wall. Yueting stretched out his hand to lift Wang Heng and Wang Cai out of the wall. Yue'er was very good at it. She didn't need his help. She could do it on her own. Flying down.

Yueting said: "Keep running with me, don't stop."

The four of them ran all the way and ran about five miles away. Wang Cai said: "Brother Yueting, where are we running to?"

Yueting said: "Of course we should go back to the Wang family's mansion in front of Wang Yamen. Where else can it be safer than the mansion."

Everyone agreed.

Wang Cai gasped: "I can't run anymore, we have to take a rest." So he took a nap under three big willow trees.

Yueting looked back towards the abandoned garden of Haining Temple. Seeing that there were no pursuers, Yueting breathed a sigh of relief: "No need to run."

Wang Heng said: "Don't stop. Let's walk at a normal pace. It's better to hurry back to Wang Yamen."

Yue'er cupped her hands and clasped her fists and said, "Seventh Young Master, Brother Xiaocai, Brother Yueting, I have very important things to do at the moment, so let's say goodbye first. We are friends, not enemies. See you later."

Wang Cai said: "You haven't explained your reasons to us clearly yet, are you leaving now?"

Yue'er turned around and said, "When my matter is settled, I will come and give you an explanation." After saying that, she looked miserable and ran away.

(End of this chapter)