Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 59 The Fox Fairy of Haining Temple
Fei Yue'er continued:
Although the Wang family sent servants to look after us in the troupe, they did not regard us as criminals, and breakfast was served as usual.I took the opportunity to bring Hongyun food, and while there was no one around me, I asked her, "Have you found it yet?" Hongyun was very calm and said coldly, "What do you mean?"

I made up a story and said: "The Dengyun class originally relied on Master Huiyun, but now that she is dead, from now on, the one everyone can rely on is Miss Hongyun. As long as Miss Hongyun has instructions, Yu'er will not fail. I just want to find something, wouldn't it be convenient to have someone to help me."

Hongyun looked at me, her face softened, and she said: "Sister Huiyun has always made the decision in our theater troupe, and she also keeps the money we get. Now that she has passed away, the rest of us still have to ask for money while we are still alive. So I looked to see if there were any banknotes or conference tickets hidden on her body, and I looked for them, but there was none."

I expressed my loyalty again and will follow Hongyun from now on.Hongyun's face brightened a little, and she hesitated for a moment, saying that she now needed someone to leave the house to report the news to her.I immediately asked to go out on her behalf. I was just a rough girl, not a member of the troupe, so I could probably sneak out.

In a corner of the abandoned garden of Haining Temple, under the tower of Haining Temple, call "Hei Gu" three times and someone will come to answer her.

It was white in the east at that time, and I could easily go out through the back door of the king's house.

Haining Temple has been abandoned for a long time, and it took a lot of effort to find the Haining Temple Tower among the ruins.I called Hei Gu three times, and the door creaked and opened slowly, and a woman's voice came: "Who are you?"

I said I came to report news for Hongyun.

The woman's voice was erratic and she said, "Come in."

The direction the sound came from was on the second floor.The second floor is much brighter than the ground floor.There was a slim beauty in black clothes sitting in front of the window, embroidering.

"Hei Gu?" Wang Heng said: "This Haining Temple has always had a legend about the fox fairy. The legendary fox spirit is called Hei Gu, but those are all stories I heard when I was a child."

Wang Cai made a horrified expression and said: "Some of the scholars who live in the ancient temple and study are seduced by Hei Gu's beauty, some covet Hei Gu's treasure, some eat Hei Gu's fine wine and delicacies, and many Either he was drained of his essence and blood and died, turning into a white skeleton, so this Haining Temple was abandoned a long, long time ago. This is what I heard from the neighborhood aunts."

Fei Yuer continued:
At that time, I didn't know how. I wanted to show my ability, so I didn't take the stairs properly. I had enough energy to jump to the second floor, and stopped lightly in front of the carved window on the second floor.

The beauty in black said: "Where did the Hongyun man go?"

She looked at her from a distance with her beautiful face, but I heard that her voice sounded a bit old, and I guessed that she was not young, so I didn’t dare to look at her, and replied: “Last night our troupe sang in Ge Laofu, and the top performer was Hui Yun. The master drowned and died. The Wang family reported the matter, and the theater troupe was temporarily detained in the palace by the Wang family's servants. Because I was a rough maid hired by the theater troupe, I sneaked out to report to Sister Hongyun. "

The beauty in black nodded and said, "I understand."

Suddenly she thought thoughtfully and said, "The girl in the theater troupe is very handsome in kung fu."

I casually said: "One appearance on the stage, ten years of hard work off the stage, among the people in the troupe, who doesn't practice in the summer, practice in the winter, get up at dawn, practice until dawn, who is born to be a famous actor."

I don’t know if this sentence was right for her, but the beauty in black asked me to call her "aunt".

My aunt told me: "Now that Master Huiyun is dead, Hongyun and others have been detained. You have slipped out of the Wang's house now, and I'm afraid you won't be able to go back. It's better to follow my aunt, and you will naturally be with me in the future." When we meet Hongyun, I am afraid that Hongyun will call you sister. I am frightened in my heart, thinking that since Aunt Hei is a person from Hongyun, I might be able to get some clues. Besides, I am just a rough girl, and she can make people Others were plotting something. Then he said with joy on his face: "It seems that the theater troupe is over. I have nowhere to go. Since my aunt is willing to take me in, she will be Yu'er's reborn mother-in-law." "

The Abandoned Garden of Haining Temple occupies a very large area. From the outside, it looks like the ancient temple is desolate, infested with snakes and rats, and the former majestic treasures have all turned into ruins. But in fact, there is a cave in the garden.

Looking down from the top of the Haining Temple Tower, you can see a lake with a small island in the center and several monasteries hidden among the greenery.

Aunt Hei took me to live on the island for a few days. There were only two of us on the island. We lived in the west wing of the courtyard, with two rooms, one light and one dark. My aunt asked me to live in the wing of the west wing.There are several empty rooms in the monastery, and my aunt in the main hall didn't allow me to enter. I don't know if they are the residence of some important person.

There are many lovely flowers and plants on the island, but the room is very plain, with no vases or potted plants.

Aunt Hei would plant flowers and grass on the island every day, or go rowing out to do embroidery on the Haining Temple Pagoda. Every one or two days, someone would put vegetables, rice and noodles under the tower. That day, there were no fruits and vegetables, but a letter came. Auntie read it. , hesitated for a moment and told me that we have to go back to the main forum today.

Before sunset, a carriage parked at the back gate of the abandoned garden of Haining Temple. Aunt Hei got on it silently. The man driving the car saw that I was a stranger, so he asked: "Aunt Hei, this sister is very unfamiliar. I don't know why. call?"

My aunt said, "This is my new apprentice, named Yu'er."

The man didn't dare to ask any more questions and drove us out of the city at high speed.

The bamboo curtains on the carriage were hanging down, and it was difficult to tell which direction it was going from east to west, north or south. After about an hour, the carriage stopped. It was completely dark at that time.

We seemed to have stopped in front of a row of houses. The rest of the way required walking. Sometimes it was a mud road, and sometimes it was a stone road. We kept shuttling back and forth. It took about half an hour of walking. Hei Gu's legs were not weak. Of course, I have no problem at all.At the end of the road, the lights were brightly lit, and there was a palace.My aunt told me: "The lower house has arrived."

"What lower house?" Wang Heng asked.

"The Lower Court of Pufu Palace."

None of you here have heard of Pufu Palace, let alone the House of Commons.

There are seven or eight chairs in the main hall. More than half of the people have arrived. At a glance, they are all women. There seem to be one or two Kun Dao among them. They are older and younger. It is difficult to distinguish them under the lamp. Among them The status of a Lingyou envoy is the most respected, and everyone only obeys her orders.There were also young female disciples accompanying me. Perhaps it was because I was new to the profession, so my aunt asked me to follow the servants to settle in and not to listen.

Wang Cai said: "What is the incision in your teaching? Is it an arrow that pierces the clouds and thousands of troops come to meet each other?"

Yue'er smiled and said, "Oh, it doesn't sound that nice. If the church members say 'mercy' to each other, it's okay if you don't say it."

(End of this chapter)