But the question is, if it was the fortune teller who fooled the young couples, saying that they had bad luck and needed to find a divine monk to resolve it, then where did the young monk who took them up the mountain come from? Young couples don’t appear every day, and the young monk is unfamiliar, at least Ah Cheng has never seen him. Chu Yunxi asked Ah Cheng that day, and knew that he had been setting up a stall in Guanyin Temple for four or five years. If he often saw the young monk, even at the fortune-telling stall outside, Ah Cheng would not say that he looked unfamiliar.

This is a contradiction, and the little monk is definitely the key, because if there is no little monk to lead them, the deceived young couple may not believe what the fortune teller says.

Chu Yunxi was puzzled. She looked at Xiao Mubei, who was still chatting with Master Xuanhong. He learned about the daily routine, job arrangements, etc. of Guanyin Temple.

After chatting for a while, Chu Yunxi asked, "Can Master Xuanhong take us around the temple?"

Master Xuanhong naturally agreed and personally took the two of them around the temple.

The Guanyin Temple is indeed very large. The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva is placed in the main hall opposite the entrance. This is also the place with the most people. A huge incense burner is placed outside the main hall. The incense ash inside is almost full and about to overflow, which shows the large number of believers.

The procedure for coming here to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva is usually to burn incense outside first, then go inside to kowtow and make a wish, and then you can come out. Other Buddhas are enshrined in the side halls including the back hall. If you have wishes other than seeking children, you can also find the corresponding Buddha to worship. However, because the most famous deity of Guanyin Temple is Guanyin Bodhisattva who brings children, the incense of other halls is far less than that of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei followed Master Xuanhong's footsteps and walked around Guanyin Temple. The monks in the temple each had their own duties. Master Xuanhong said that there were a total of 183 monks in Guanyin Temple. In addition to the abbot, there were also supervisors, hall masters, monks in charge of receiving guests, etc. They were also divided into civil monks and martial monks. There were also many affairs that needed to be handled in the temple on a normal basis.

Chu Yunxi had never really learned about the monks in the temple. She didn't expect it to be so complicated. She asked, "Are all the monks in Guanyin Temple registered?"

Master Xuan Hong nodded and said, "That's right. The monks in Guanyin Temple have morning classes every morning. Everyone needs to attend. Everyone has fixed things to do every day. Everyone supervises each other and rarely acts alone. So, as the prince said, a person taking the victim to the ridge should not happen. If there really is one, it is most likely not from our Guanyin Temple."

Chu Yunxi nodded and said nothing more. After visiting the Guanyin Temple, the two of them told Master Xuanhong to send more monks to patrol recently, and that they should not only patrol the area near the Guanyin Temple, but also expand the patrol range to ensure the safety of the pilgrims going up the mountain.

After saying goodbye to Guanyin Temple, Chu Yunxi's eyes turned to the vendors setting up stalls. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she saw Ah Cheng, so she pulled Xiao Mubei to Ah Cheng's stall and greeted him, "Ah Cheng, do you still recognize us?"

"Dear guests!" Ah Cheng was also very happy to see them. "Are you here to burn incense at Guanyin Temple? Take a look and see if you need anything."

Chu Yunxi waved her hand, "We have already offered incense, we just saw you and came to say hello, where is mother-in-law, is she still home alone?"

Ah Cheng couldn't hide the smile on his face. "Dear guests, thank you for the reward that day. You also secretly left another ingot of silver. I don't know what to say. I went down the mountain to the capital two days ago and got some medicine for my mother. Her leg disease has improved a lot in the past two days. She kept talking to me, asking me to thank you when I can see you."

"Tell your mother-in-law that you're welcome. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing. By the way, Ah Cheng, I have something else I want to ask you."

"You ask, my dear guest."

Chu Yunxi looked around. Although there were many people around, there was no one on Ah Cheng's side for the time being. This was a good opportunity. She lowered her voice and asked, "If you see the monk you told us about last time again, can you still recognize him?"

Ah Cheng thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible. I met him twice at that time and I remember his face."

"Okay, then if you see that monk on this mountain again, take this token, go to the fork in the road between Guanyin Temple and Longshou Village, find the people from Dali Temple, and ask them to arrest him quickly, okay?"

"Okay girl, I've got it." Ah Cheng solemnly put the token in his arms.

Chu Yunxi smiled, looked at the fortune tellers setting up stalls around, and asked, "Are these fortune tellers here often?"

Ah Cheng nodded. "Some are here all year round, and some come only occasionally. The old gentleman comes the most frequently, almost every day, and he only tells good fortunes for people. I see that everyone who leaves his place is very happy every time."

Chu Yunxi looked in the direction Ah Cheng pointed, and saw an old man about seventy years old, who was talking to a woman with a smile on his face. The woman was delighted, and after a while she took out a large ingot of silver and gave it to the old man, then left happily.

Chu Yunxi shook her head and whispered, "It can't be him."

Xiao Mubei stood beside her and heard her words clearly. He asked curiously, "Why?"

"He only said nice things to the pilgrims, in order to make them happy and give them more money. The fortune teller we analyzed should have only said bad things, and at the same time recommended that the holy monk could resolve the bad luck. Finally, he asked the little monk to lead people to the ridge to find the holy monk, and then killed the people without anyone noticing. So it can't be this person in front of us."

"That makes sense." Xiao Mubei saw another one in the distance, so he asked Ah Cheng, "What about the other one? Does he come here every day too?"

"Well, that's not the case. Sometimes it doesn't come for two or three months, and sometimes it comes for several days in a row. This time it's been a long time since I last came. I just came out in the last two or three days."

Chu Yunxi looked at the man and saw that he was a man who looked to be in his fifties. He was talking to the woman in front of him with a serious face. The woman was clutching the handkerchief in her hand tightly, with a worried look on her face, and she was fidgeting.

Chu Yunxi couldn't help but look at the man a few more times and remembered his appearance firmly. She saw the woman asked a few questions, paid the silver, and left worriedly. The man picked up the silver, threw it into the purse on the side without even looking at it, and looked around again.

Chu Yunxi felt something strange, as if there was something in her mind that she couldn't grasp for a moment. She looked at the man again, but happened to meet his eyes.

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