A genius girl with her own space

"I just met the chef, and I'm not familiar with the others." Xiao Si said.

"How long have you been delivering food to them in your restaurant? Is there a monk named Huang there?" Qiqi asked.

"We have been delivering it for less than two months. We never did it before. There were only a few monks in the temple before," Xiao Si replied.

"Let my brother go with you to deliver food tomorrow. His cousin has become a monk in this temple without telling his family. His family is very worried and asked us to go find him. If we go directly to the temple, he must be hiding. I asked my brother to go with you to see if he is there first and then look for him." After Qiqi finished speaking, she stuffed an ounce of silver into Xiao Si's hand. Xiao Si was so happy that he kept saying yes and would ask them to go with her to deliver food tomorrow.

As soon as Zhou Jingze heard Qiqi's plan, he agreed and praised her, "Qiqi, you're so smart. You can even come up with a strategy just by chatting."

"Brother Jingze, you must be careful tomorrow. I will go to the temple with you to burn incense. I will check the front of the temple and you check the back. Then we will know how many people are inside. We can't listen to what Xiao Si says. We have to see the number of people ourselves to know the truth. Then we can see how good their martial arts are, and we will have an idea in our hearts." Qiqi said

"Qiqi, let the secret guards driving the carriage follow you and protect you tomorrow. I will arrange it." Zhou Jingze replied.

"Brother Jingze, you rest first. I'm going back to my room. Let's go to bed early and get up early tomorrow." After saying that, Qiqi got up and went back to her room.

Qiqi arrived at the room and entered the space. He looked at his master and told him about the situation outside, telling him not to worry, as everything was under their control.

Although Yun Jizi didn't participate in the outside world, he could see everything that happened outside in the space. Qiqi didn't have the function of blocking the space from peeping outside.

Qiqi changed into a simple set of clothes early in the morning, and brought a set of servant's clothes to Brother Jingze. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xiao Si standing at her door. Qiqi was stunned for a moment. This figure looked so much like Brother Jingze. Xiao Si didn't say anything. Qiqi looked at him carefully. Isn't this Brother Jingze?

Qiqi laughed, "You've kept it a secret from me. Who put on your makeup? That's amazing!"

Jingze also laughed. "This is the work of the secret guard. I bought this suit with money from Xiao Si. He only had this new suit left. He thought I asked him for it, but he didn't want to give it to me. I took out the banknote, and he gave it to me without hesitation."

Qiqi laughed too. Qiqi and Jingze went downstairs. Xiao Si was waiting for them. Xiao Si was pushing a cart filled with vegetables and food. Together they headed to Yunji Mountain.

When they reached the foot of Yunji Mountain, Qiqi and Jingze separated. Qiqi climbed up the mountain along the steps leading to the front. There was a platform for pilgrims to rest after climbing a certain distance. There was a stone-paved platform on the mountain road where pilgrims could sit and rest.

Qiqi climbed for a while and found a crowded platform to sit down and rest, listening to what the pilgrims were saying. But he didn't hear a single word of use. He continued to climb. He saw the temple. But he still had to climb a little longer.

There is a saying that goes, "Looking at the mountain will make an ox die of running." It may look not far away, but it is not easy to walk up. For someone who knows martial arts like Qiqi, it is very easy to climb up, but an ordinary person will have to rest several times.

They were almost at the top of the mountain. Qiqi didn't want the people on the mountain to see anything, so he climbed a little bit like a pilgrim and took a rest.

Zhou Jingze and Xiao Si, the food delivery driver, took a different path. This path sloped upward, allowing the cart to go up. When Zhou Jingze saw Xiao Si struggling to push the cart, he stepped forward to help. Touched, Xiao Si thanked him profusely. Every time Xiao Si delivered the goods himself, he worked up a sweat. This time, with Zhou Jingze's help, they only had to rest twice before they were almost at the temple.

Xiao Si warned Zhou Jingze, "Don't talk too much, just listen to me. I'll say you are my cousin and you are here to help me deliver the food. Don't speak unless someone asks you. I can tell you are a foreigner." Zhou Jingze nodded.

The two of them soon reached the back door of the Yunji Mountain Hall. Xiao Si knocked on the door. Soon a monk opened it. "You're here to deliver food again? The chef is waiting for you. Who is this?"

"This is my cousin. He's here with me to deliver the food to you. Push the cart in quickly." Zhou Jingze quickly pushed the cart and went into the kitchen at the back. While unloading the food, Zhou Jingze looked around. "Brother, I need to go to the toilet. Where is the toilet?" Zhou Jingze asked Xiao Si.

Xiao Si knew that Zhou Jingze was going to look for his cousin, so he whispered, "Go quickly and come back soon. I'll unload slowly and wait for you outside after unloading." Then he pointed to the left and said loudly, "A lazy donkey will pee and shit a lot when it goes to the mill. Where is the toilet? Go quickly and come back soon."

Zhou Jingze hurried over. He turned a corner, saw no one, and checked each room to see if there was a little girl. As he did so, he kept a vigilant eye on his surroundings, trying not to be noticed. He quickly checked every room in the backyard. He didn't find the little girl. He saw a cellar. There was no way to get down there during the day.

Zhou Jingze pretended to have a stomachache and quickly returned to the kitchen, holding his stomach. Xiao Si had also finished unloading the dishes and was joking and chatting with the chef while waiting for him. Seeing Zhou Jingze come back, he shouted, "You are such a greedy guy. You eat too much when you see delicious food. You deserve diarrhea. Come on, I'll push you out of the house in the cart."

Zhou Jingze clutched his stomach and went out the back door with Xiao Si. Xiao Si motioned for Zhou Jingze to get in the cart. Zhou Jingze had no choice but to get on the cart, still clutching his stomach.

Qiqi came to the temple, entered the main hall, and saw many people burning incense. Qiqi bought three sticks of incense and bowed devoutly. She looked around the main hall. Qiqi saw that there was nothing special about the main hall, and slowly walked to the back hall. She saw many monks practicing in the backyard, and many pilgrims sitting on the side to admire and cheer. Qiqi also sat in a place where there were many pilgrims, pretending to admire the monks practicing, and secretly glanced around to see if there was anything wrong. Qiqi pretended to look for a toilet. She walked to the back and just reached the door, just about to step in. A ferocious monk stood inside and would not let her go to the back, "This is the residence of the abbot of the temple, outsiders are not allowed to enter. To burn incense, go to the front hall."

Qiqi glanced at the monk, then immediately stepped back and returned to the front hall. After a careful inspection, she still didn't find anything special. Afraid that Brother Jingze would worry, Qiqi left the temple and walked down the mountain along the way she had come. Zhou Jingze also changed his clothes and waited for Qiqi on the way down the mountain. When he saw Qiqi coming out of the temple, he hurried to meet her.

"Qiqi, let's go back first." The two held hands and slowly walked down the mountain, admiring the beautiful scenery of the mountains all the way.

"Sister, why are there so many monks in the backyard of this temple? There were only a few monks when we came here to burn incense last time. I didn't see the old abbot this time, and I wanted him to interpret the fortune. I asked other monks, and they said that the old abbot went down the mountain to beg for alms. I see that the incense here is quite popular, so I don't quite believe that the old abbot went down the mountain to beg for alms." Qiqi heard an aunt nagging.

"Sister, I also feel something is wrong. Last time I bought incense, it cost one cent, but this time it costs five cents. It's so much more expensive. The vegetarian meals provided by the temple used to cost two cents per person, but now it costs eight cents. Next time we come to burn incense, we won't be able to afford them and will have to go back hungry." said another aunt.

"Let's go quickly so that the monks in the temple don't hear us." The two of them walked quickly down the mountain.

Qiqi and Jingze also returned to their residence and asked Xiao Si to deliver the food to their room.

"Brother Jingze, there is nothing wrong with the main hall of the temple. The monks in the back hall are just as that aunt said. There are a lot of them. They are practicing boxing, but their movements are not so unified, and it seems that they have been training together for a short time. The door to the back of the back hall is guarded by someone and no one is allowed to enter. It seems that there is something fishy in the backyard. Brother Jingze, what have you found out?" Qiqi asked.