Chapter 1745 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
Chapter 1745 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
When Yan Ruyu saw Huo Changhe, before she could say anything, Huo Changhe pulled her up and looked her up.
"Are you okay? I was worried when I saw them taking you there."
"It would be great if we could really go, but unfortunately, we were stopped," Yan Ruyu said, "I don't know who the masked man is, and whether he will come back."
Huo Changhe whispered a few words in her ear, and Yan Ruyu was slightly surprised.
"Is there such a thing?"
Huo Changhe nodded: "It's absolutely true."
"Interesting, let's go and take a look at the front."
As soon as they walked out of the hospital gate, they met Yinding, and the three of them went to the front hall together.
A lot of people had already gathered in the yard. Yan Ruyu was on the roof and quickly counted them. Including the abbot, there were twenty-eight people.
Among them, Miss Su was also there. She hung her head and looked dejected.
"Is everyone here?" the abbot asked as he stood on the steps. "Arrange in your usual positions. Look around you to see if anyone is missing."
After a while of whispered discussions, someone said, "Abbot, Mingkong who was beside me didn't come."
Someone else said, "Abbot, Mingjing who was beside me is not here."
Yan Ruyu heard the voice and looked over, and this person was the one who knew.
The abbot nodded and said, "Go and see why they haven't come yet."
Two people went to check, and everyone else waited there.
Yinding blinked his eyes and whispered, "Your Majesty, do you think this abbot looks familiar?"
Huo Changhe looked carefully, but before he could figure out what was going on, the abbot seemed to sense something and looked over here.
Huo Changhe immediately retracted his gaze, and the three of them stopped looking down and held their breath.
After a while, someone below said, "Abbot, Mingjing has a stomachache, so he can't come."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came running over, his voice sounding a little panicked: "Abbot, I have searched inside and outside the house, but I can't find Mingkong. I don't know where she went."
Everyone began to talk in low voices again, and Miss Su's face turned pale.
She knew best why the abbot suddenly gathered everyone together, which was to find the masked man who was with her.
As soon as I come back, I will issue an urgent summons. Whoever can't come will be the one to be summoned.
Mingkong... She had some impression of that person. He was in his forties, serious, and usually spoke little, and didn't interact much with others.
The body shape and other things are quite suitable.
Is it really Mingkong?
Hearing the abbot's voice again, Huo Changhe said, "This person is really perceptive, and is different from ordinary nuns."
"However, the people here include women with miserable lives and people who have seen through the mundane world. We cannot talk about them in the same breath."
Yinding whispered, "Your Highness, Princess Mingzhao had several maids around her back then. Do you remember?"
Huo Changhe was stunned. It had been a long time and he could not remember clearly.
Moreover, since Princess Mingzhao decided to marry, she had given all her money to several capable maids around her. They were all carefully selected for her by her father when he was still alive. Princess Mingzhao did not want to drag them down, so she gave them enough money to let them make a living on their own.
Only Lu Hu has no martial arts skills. She is there to take care of the princess' daily life, so she is always kept by her side.
"You mean..."
Yinding nodded: "I think there is a guy called Liufeng who is good at using a knife."
Yan Ruyu said: "She once produced a weapon in the backyard. It was a small short sword."
Yinding was stunned: "Sword? Maybe I saw it wrong."
After all, there are differences between men and women, and Yinding was not particularly familiar with the woman around Princess Mingzhao. He only met her occasionally and had never seen her again since then.
The three of them said no more and watched the developments below.
Mingkong disappeared, and someone asked, "Abbot, why did Mingkong suddenly disappear? Could it be... haunted again?"
Again? Did it happen before?
Yan Ruyu's mind moved slightly, remembering that when the abbot stopped the masked man just now, he mentioned that he had taken people out from there more than once.
Perhaps, they all use the excuse of "haunting" to cover it up.
The abbot shook his head slightly: "I don't believe there are ghosts in the world. It must be someone who is playing tricks."
Everyone's face changed slightly, and they looked at each other, suddenly realizing why they were called out of bed in the middle of the night and gathered here.
It was noisy just now, but now everyone is silent and it is quiet all around.
The abbot asked coldly, "Who has seen Mingkong? Who talked to her tonight? What did they talk about?"
Someone slowly raised his hand: "I, I sleep in the same room with her, but she went to bed very early. I asked her why she went to bed so early, and she said she felt a little dizzy and her head was swollen. She was probably tired from turning the soil a few days ago. Other than that, she didn't say anything else."
Seeing that the situation below was beginning to go wrong, Yan Ruyu asked Huo Changhe: "My Lord, how about giving them a hand?"
"I don't know what kind of person this abbess is. She must have some ulterior motive by bewitching you."
Huo Changhe frowned: "Maybe she made everything up herself."
Yan Ruyu nodded: "It's possible. If it's her, then we can expose it. Let's see how she acts."
"……it is good."
The abbot was still asking questions when he ordered someone to bring Mingkong's things for inspection.
Not long after the person who went to get the things left, they suddenly heard a shrill scream, which made everyone's heart tremble and their faces look panicked.
Yan Ruyu held back her laughter, and Huo Changhe stroked her forehead gently - how could the silver ingot make such a sound?
Everyone rushed over to look for the source of the sound and found a person lying in a corner.
His head was covered in blood and I didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
Everyone exclaimed again and dared not move forward.
The abbot stepped forward and leaned over to take a look: "It's Mingkong!"
"Alive."
They quickly helped the man up, carried him to the front hall, and lit the lights.
Mingkong was unconscious and had been hit on the head, leaving a bloody hole, so he bled a lot.
But fortunately, he is not dead yet.
The abbot quickly treated her wound and bandaged it.
While they were busy, the two people who went to Mingkong's room to get something came back.
Everyone was shocked to see this.
The abbot stopped what he was doing and asked in surprise, "Didn't you guys call for it?"
The two looked at each other and said, "No, we didn't call, we just went to Mingkong's room."
The timid ones were about to cry: "What on earth is going on? That scream just now was so tragic, who was it......"
Fear appeared on everyone's face. Three or two people huddled together and shivered continuously.
The abbot was calm: "Don't scare yourself. Someone must have done this on purpose to make us discover Mingkong."
Yan Ruyu raised her eyebrows slightly; her mind was working very quickly.
"Everyone," the abbot said loudly, "there is a thief in the nunnery. We don't know who it is yet, so please be careful and don't be alone. At least go in pairs, and preferably in groups of three."
Everyone swallowed and nodded.
"Let's sleep in the front hall tonight."
The abbot glanced at Mingkong and said, "When Mingkong wakes up, I'll ask her what happened."
"Come, help me carry her behind the Buddha statue."
Although the area behind the Buddha statue is not particularly spacious, it is quiet and can accommodate one person on the floor, making it suitable for recuperation.
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