A calm voice came from the other side.

"No offense?! Amitabha, you burned down my pagoda and destroyed my Buddhist temple. Even with the evidence before you, you still deny it."

A low voice wrapped in ice came from the beam, and a candle flame slowly lit up, illuminating the abbot holding a pine torch.

Yuqing was surprised and asked, "It's you?"

Host: "Amitabha, it turns out to be you..."

Yuqing had no intention of playing dumb, and he explained the host hanging upside down on the beam in two sentences.

"Is someone trying to trap Miss Wang here?"

"What? Are you telling the truth?"

In the abbot's mind, Yuqing no longer has any credibility.

Yuqing pointed outside the door in anger and anxiety, "With your martial arts skills, you must have discovered that there are uninvited guests in the Pure Land Temple tonight!"

The abbot landed lightly on the ground and blew out the torch with a "puff".

"Someone's been searching the temple, and here they come again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the kitchen door seemed to be blown open by a gust of wind. Yuqing hurriedly stood against the wall. The abbot walked out of the kitchen, twirling his Buddhist beads and chanting scriptures silently, then slowly walked down the stone steps step by step.

Two black shadows spun and flew down, one on the left and one on the right, holding the abbot away. After a few breaths, Yuqing let out a breath and hurriedly looked for a flint in the kitchen. He fumbled for the pine torch that the abbot had just left behind, and with all his strength he blew it, the torch slowly ignited.

"Did you set the fire at Pure Land Temple?" Wang Jinyi asked.

"Miss, it's not me. I tried, but the buildings at the Pure Land Temple are difficult to ignite. Even firewood takes some time to light. It's impossible to use a big fire and thick smoke to warn people!"

Wang Jinyi: "But...? What happened to the thick smoke at the Pure Land Temple later?"

It turned out that Yuqing held up the pine torch, tore off his clothes and dipped them in lamp oil, and was about to light it when a black shadow flew towards him like the wind. Yuqing turned around to avoid it, and the two of them fought back and forth.

Suddenly, flames shot up into the sky in the courtyard of the Pure Land Temple. The man in black hesitated, made a feint, left Yuqing behind, and escaped from the kitchen.

Yuqing was thinking about the young lady, so he flew out of the kitchen, retreated from the Pure Land Temple along the same route and rushed to the meeting point in the back mountain. However, he found that he could not find Wang Jinyi after waiting for a long time. With the young lady in his mind, he went down the mountain path to look for her.

But who knew that from a distance, they would see the "lady" in a silver-red cloak being closely chased by men in black.

"Um--"

This was what Wang Jinyi saw when he slid down the cliff.

After finishing the meal, Yuqing leaned back in her chair, a look of satisfaction on her face. "Miss, I didn't even see clearly at the time and I rushed over to kill him..."

The black-clad man who was chasing suddenly heard a cry of alarm from behind. Yuqing fought desperately, broke through the encirclement and shouted loudly,

"Amitabha, Amitabha..."

Ding Yi was running away in front wrapped in a silver-red cloak. In order to give people the illusion that he was Wang Jinyi fleeing in panic, he deliberately bent his body and imitated Wang Jinyi's appearance, keeping a distance from the pursuers behind him.

Yuqing screamed desperately,

"Hold on! I'm coming!..."

She wanted to convey the message to the "lady" in front of her that she was there to rescue her, so she shouted wildly.

The dark shadows of the torches in the cold night forest flickered like ghosts. Donning Wang Jinyi's cloak, Ding Yi appeared and disappeared among the trees, rushing back to Yuqing's aid.

Ding Yi jumped down the slope on the dead branches, swept the sword across to start, and quickly responded.

Yuqing was surrounded by torches. Ding Yi threw out a flying knife. The sound of it breaking through the air startled the man in black and made him dodge subconsciously. Yuqing took the opportunity to spin around and kick the assassin in front of him. But he saw a leader grinning.

"kill!"

He swung the iron hook in his hand and attacked Yuqing's face. At the critical moment, Ding Yi's soft sword wrapped around the iron chain like a spirit snake, and he used the force to turn over in the air and kicked the leader.

"Oh no! Pure Land Temple..."

Someone in black shouted, and Yuqing and Ding Yi were also startled. Thick smoke billowed over the Pure Land Temple and the temple bells rang loudly.

Ding Yi and Yu Qing said, "Let's go!"

The two men fought and retreated, and went up to the back mountain of Pure Land Temple. However, they didn't run far before they saw Sister Feng swinging a long whip and fighting with several pursuers.

The pursuers were chasing them closely, and Sister Feng was shot in the body but was still struggling. Yu Yao and Ding Yi did not hesitate to join the fight.

"Catch him alive! Pass the order! Catch him alive!"

The leader chasing behind him roared and shouted, and more and more torches surrounded him.

Ding Yi gritted his teeth, the blood on his waist soaked his trouser legs, and his movements became slower and slower.

The flames of the encirclement gradually dimmed, and the three men were almost exhausted.

Suddenly, several figures rushed out from the side, chasing after the torches...

"Miss, I later followed Ding Yi and the others out of the back cliff."

"Is everyone okay? Sister Feng has spoken to my family..."

"Miss, don't worry! We've split up to find you. We agreed to meet at Taisheng Rice Shop in Luanzhou City tomorrow. Sister Feng will be there tomorrow, so you can ask her for details then!"

"Yuqing, I've never understood why so many people came this time? Is it because I want to testify that the prince died of poisoning?"

Yu Yao hesitated to speak, her face full of confusion. She held her head up and pondered for a moment before tentatively saying:

"Miss, is it possible that you are of some other use to them!?"

"Something else?"

Wang Jinyi kept wondering, "Do you have any other use for them?!" What could that be? ...

Huo Ying, far away in Xunyang, also kept wondering: What good will this do? He stood with his arms folded, seemingly nonchalant, but in fact, his brows were furrowed as his eyelashes drooped, and his eyes were moving non-stop.

Suddenly he looked up and nodded heavily, then he started walking, crossed the intersection, and entered the yard of "Zhiyuan Bamboo Shop".

This is a large courtyard on the edge of the north city. Once inside, it is two quadrangles formed by breaking through the walls. The east courtyard looks like a workshop. Someone is explaining to several groups of people:

"This pattern is a special mark of our Chenji bamboo weaving. You must remember the pattern clearly. Now I will explain how to weave this special symbol..."

Huo Ying walked into the west yard again.

Here they practiced how to install carriage covers, hoods, and decorations inside and outside the carriage. In particular, they also taught people how to draw blueprints for carriage curtains. The whole yard was like a comprehensive school, and Huo Ying was fascinated by it.

Well, no wonder Chen Sanlang has been slacking off since passing the imperial examination! It turns out he's discovered a new business! Now he doesn't even go to the provincial school anymore, and the Three Brothers Woodworking Shop is completely deserted.

Huo Ying shouted angrily in his heart: "Sanlang, I'm coming! Come out!"

After shouting several times but no one paid any attention to him, Huo Ying searched from room to room, shouting:

"Chen Sanlang, come out! Come out right here!"

The man in the east yard who was learning to weave bamboo products looked at him but no one paid any attention to him. Most of the houses in the circle were warehouses and only two were dormitories.

He angrily searched every room in the north yard until someone finally opened the door and asked:

"Excuse me, oh! Brother Huo, you...?"

Huo Ying: "Let Chen Sanlang come out!"

Chen Erlang saw Huo Ying's aggressive look and wondered why his brother was so angry after provoking Huo Ying.

"Sanlang is not here. He went to the library construction site."

Huo Ying: "Where is he going and what is he doing?!"

Chen Erlang: "He said he was going to help a friend!"

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