Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Kong Dai was very sure about this matter.

He told Su Bai that Master Huijing was the master's elder, and before he became a monk, he was a close friend of the master's father, Old Master Kong.

In fact, Dongtian Temple was just a small temple with only two or three monks decades ago. When the old grandfather was alive, he helped Huijing expand it once, and later the master helped him expand it again. After two expansions, Dongtian Temple has reached its current size.

Although Longxing County is located in the northern mountains and has a small population, the temple has always been very popular. People from several neighboring counties come to Dongtian Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

Although the temple's buildings had reached a certain scale, there were not many monks inside. He heard from the master that there were only seven or eight monks.

I remember that the master once joked with him, saying that because Master Huijing did this, the soup was thicker with fewer people and the Master was fatter than before. He also joked that judging from this point of view alone, Master Huijing had not achieved the emptiness of the four elements.

"Seven or eight?" Su Bai stood up again. Today, there were seven or eight people who accompanied Huijing to the mountain gate to greet him. After entering the temple, he saw a few more. Together, there were at least a dozen people.

It would not be surprising if there were some new monks in the temple, but it would be wrong to associate it with Huijing's suspicious behavior.

"Abbot Huijing is only in his fifties and in very good health," Su Bai said to Kong Dai.

Kong Dai immediately laughed: "That's impossible, Madam, you must be mistaken."

Su Bai also said this to Kong Dai deliberately, wanting to confirm his speculation based on Kong Dai's reaction once again.

There was no need for her to speculate, Kong Dai immediately cried out: "This Huijing... is she fake?"

Su Bai nodded. Yes, she thought so too.

Next, after Su Bai told Kong Dai about the various strange phenomena he and Zi Yan had discovered in Dongtian Temple, he said, "I'm afraid Master Huijing is no longer alive."

Kong Dai's inference is that the real Master Huijing was killed by this fake and then took over her name.

The reason is simple. Let's put aside the question of whether Dongtian Temple has any relationship with Confucius' treasure. Over the years, the money accumulated from incense and lamp oil in Dongtian Temple is not a small amount.

It is worthwhile to kill for money.

They dug everywhere in Dongtian Temple, most likely looking for the wealth of Dongtian Temple itself, rather than the gold bars of Master Kong.

"Then why does this fake Huijing keep trying to get things out of me?"

This question stumped Kong Dai. He didn't dare to deny that this fake Master Huijing was related to Mr. Kong's treasure. He held the same view as Su Bai had once speculated. Even if the treasure was not hidden in Dongtian Temple, it was related to Dongtian Temple.

To be precise, it is related to Master Huijing of Dongtian Temple.

Master Huijing and the master are like father and son, and he is the person the master trusts the most.

Therefore, the master's last words before his death, asking Su Bai to find Master Huijing of Dongtian Temple, should be the master's last words that he did not have time to finish.

However, if the fake Huijing killed the real Huijing, this secret might really become a secret forever.

"Who is this fake Huijing then? Could she be someone from Kong Li or Kong Chen?"

Kong Dai shook his head, probably not.

He could be a wandering monk, or he could be a monk from this temple. Monks are compassionate, but evil monks are not uncommon. There are too many possibilities for the true identity of this fake Huijing.

"Madam, don't go to Dongtian Temple for the time being. I vaguely sense a murderous aura." Kong Dai's words made Su Bai feel a little frightened.

"Don't worry, I won't go. I think there's no chance that this batch of gold bars will appear in the world. We still have a lot of things to do, so let's focus on our own things first."

Su Bai told Kong Dai that he was planning to go to Shanghai and wanted to ask for his opinion on who would be suitable to take with him.

Xu Tianyi is Su Bai's personal bodyguard. He is skilled in martial arts and has good marksmanship, making him the perfect choice.

In addition to Xu Tian, ​​Kong Dai suggested that Su Bai choose another one among Adjutant Feng, Gao Erzhu and Yuan Yuze.

Then he added: "Gao Erzhu and Yuan Yuze...both of them are not very smart."

"Uncle Kong, if you want to recommend Adjutant Feng, just say so directly. Why go around in such a big circle?"

Kong Dai felt a little embarrassed.

"Won't you go with me?" Su Bai asked.

Kong Dai’s opinion was that as long as the young lady needed him, he would do his best to help.

However, with the help of Manager Wan in Shanghai, he felt that his going there would not be of much use.

The young lady's trip to Shanghai is not like her trip to Qingdao. She won't be able to come back in three to five days, or even eight to ten days.

Someone has to look after the house to deal with unexpected events. When the young mistress is not at home, he should stay and take care of the house.

"Okay, I've decided. I'll take Xu Tianyi, Adjutant Feng, Zi Yan, and Gao Hu with me."

"Why do you want to take Gao Hu with you?"

Gao Hu is already half of his own people, and his duty is to protect Su Bai. If Su Bai really doesn't come back for ten days or so as Kong Dai said, Gao Hu will not be able to explain to Kong Li if anything happens.

"With so many people, let's split up when we leave Longxing City." Kong Dai gave Su Bai another cautious suggestion.

He was mainly worried that he would attract the attention of the soldiers guarding the city when he went out of the west gate. After all, the commander of the garrison battalion was Zhao Dianchen. Although he had no contact with Su Bai, he was not hostile to Su Bai. Since he was Kong Li's confidant, he certainly had no good intentions towards him.

"Okay," Su Bai agreed.

However, we cannot be too hasty in going to Shanghai. We need to make some preparations first and let Adjutant Feng continue to figure out the patterns of activities in that small courtyard.

It depends on whether they are only following Su Bai or including Zi Yan.

Or, are they going to monitor everyone who comes out of the backyard of Confucius Mansion?

"I'll ask someone to inquire about the matter of Dongtian Temple in detail to see if we can get some new information." Kong Dai assured Su Bai that he would not be exposed, and would not expose Su Bai.

"Okay." Su Bai already had a preliminary plan for the departure date. Originally, the third batch of medicine should have been produced in one or two days, but the construction of the tunnel and the transfer of equipment to Li's Mansion delayed the completion of the two steps of purification and packaging.

She planned to take people to Shanghai after producing this batch of medicine.