Chapter 27 The mystery of the disappearance of the monk
It was almost noon when Ji Nuan woke up. This was the best sleep she had ever had since she changed her body. In her daze, she heard someone walking in, and she softly called "Song Wangchen"
"Girl, you're awake."
With a gentle voice and an old face, Ji Nuan opened her eyes and saw a kind old woman walking towards her with porridge. The surrounding furnishings were in dilapidated condition, and even the roof was made of wool.
Ji Nuan stood up and looked around and asked, "Mother-in-law, where is this, where is Song Wangchen?"
"This is my house. Come on, girl, drink the porridge while it's hot!" the old woman said and handed the porridge over again.
Ji Nuan took it and looked at the white porridge with some minced meat and green onion floating on it. She smelled the fragrant aroma. She took a bite and it tasted pretty good. Then she asked, "Mother-in-law, who sent me here?"
Do you live alone?"
"Yes! My wife lives alone. A very handsome young man sent you here. He has left just now."
"Leave? Is he stern and holding an evil-killing sword in his hand?"
"What sword? I didn't see any sword! But although he looks very cold, I can see that he cares about you very much. He guarded you all night last night! By the way, he asked me to give this to you.
"
The old woman carefully took out the pistol from her arms and handed it to Ji Nuan. Ji Nuan took the gun and put the porridge aside, immediately put on her shoes and chased out.
She was sure that she was right. Song Wangchen must have saved her. She came to the yard and shouted loudly, "Song Wangchen, I know you haven't left. Come out! Why are you hiding from me? Song Wangchen..."
Ji Nuan called several times but no one answered. She suddenly collapsed and squatted on the ground holding her head and crying. She didn't know what happened to her. She had become very fragile since she came to this world.
Song Wangchen had been hiding behind a big tree and watching her every move. Seeing this, he wanted to rush up to comfort her, 'Don't show up in front of me again.' Thinking of this, he resisted the urge and stood there.
At this time, the old woman walked up behind Ji Nuan, patted her back gently and comforted her, "Don't be sad, girl. The old woman can see that he cares about you. Just let it go if there is any misunderstanding. Don't grow old like me."
Only then can we understand.”
The old woman seemed to be remembering something, and tears flashed in her eyes. Ji Nuan stopped crying, stood up and wiped her tears, "Mother-in-law, thank you! I'm leaving first."
"Hey..." The old woman seemed to have something to say, but looked at Ji Nuann's walking back and shook her head.
Before Ji Nuan took a few steps, she saw Cheng Xiaorou and her group walking towards her.
"Ji Nuan, so you are really here?" Ruqin ran over to say hello first. Behind her were smiling Cheng Xiaorou, Ru Mu, Zhu Changqin, Li Qingyuan and a group of Muxi disciples who looked disgusted.
"Senior sister, why are you here?" Ji Nuan swept away her previous melancholy, and Cheng Xiaorou said with a smile.
It turned out that when they were passing through Baili Town, Cheng Xiaorou stopped while looking at a jade hairpin. The jade hairpin was all white, with a lifelike phoenix on it, but its eyes were decorated with two luminous pearls. It looked like it was of high quality.
Seeing this, the vendor immediately said, "Girl, you are really discerning. This is a high-quality jade hairpin. It is a perfect match for a beauty like the girl."
"How to sell it? I want it." Zhu Changqin asked immediately. Cheng Xiaorou had no choice but to leave. She knew Zhu Changqin's intentions and did not want to get entangled with him.
"Junior sister" Zhu Changqin didn't wait for the merchant to finish his words before he dropped the money, took the jade hairpin and chased after him.
Suddenly, a little girl stood in front of Cheng Xiaorou and pulled the hem of her clothes and said, "Sister, beautiful sister, a brother asked me to give this to you." She raised her head and stared at Cheng Xiaorou with her big eyes blinking.
Cheng Xiaorou opened the note and saw the words "Ji Nuan is in Shili Village, go quickly" written on it. There was no signature and no reason.
"Little sister, who gave this to you?"
"Big brother, a very good-looking big brother."
Cheng Xiaorou looked at her innocent look and knew that she couldn't ask anything, so she decided to go to the appointment.
"Junior sister, this is for you." Zhu Changqin handed the jade hairpin to her and said with a smile.
"Senior brother, something might be wrong with Junior Sister Ji. I have to go and take a look." Cheng Xiaorou did not take the jade hairpin and turned around towards Shili Village, followed by Ruqin Rumu.
"Junior sister, what happened? Why are you so anxious? Is there some conspiracy?"
"Anyway, just go and have a look and you will know." Cheng Xiaorou continued to move forward without stopping. Zhu Changqin had no choice but to put away the jade hairpin and follow her, secretly blaming Ji Nuan for ruining his good deeds.
"That's what happened. We don't know who asked us to come."
Ruqin told what happened, and Ji Nuan guessed that it must be the letter sent by Song Wangchen. He actually didn't want to see her, and he felt even sadder when he thought of this.
"Did something happen to you? Why are your eyes so red?" Cheng Xiaorou touched Ji Nuan's face and said distressedly.
"No, how could it be? I'm fine."
"Why haven't you seen Tang Siyan and Jiang Yu? Didn't you go to Xuancheng together?" Rumu asked.
Ji Nuan excused herself, "We got separated."
When Cheng Xiaorou saw that she didn't want to say anything, she stopped asking. She was just surprised in her heart who was the person who sent the letter.
"Then where are you going?" Ji Nuan took Cheng Xiaorou's hand and asked, that was the only way to make her feel warm.
"I originally planned to go to Qinzhou, but now I'm in Xuancheng. Why not go to Xuancheng and have a look!"
Zhu Changqin was not happy and said, "Junior sister, I heard that practitioners in Qinzhou have frequently disappeared for no reason recently. I think Mo Yun must have done nothing when he comes here. Let's go to Qinzhou to have a look!"
Li Qingyuan agreed, "Yes, everything is fine in Xuancheng. There is no point in us going there. We might as well go to Qinzhou to have a look."
"Senior sister, I would like to go to Xuancheng. I heard that it is the most prosperous place. I wonder if the people there are very rich?" Ru Mu looked like a money addict.
Ji Nuan remembered that Tang Siyan was not willing to go to Yueyang with him, so he might as well go to Qinzhou first, maybe there was a way to go back!
"Senior sister, let's go to Qinzhou! Although Xuancheng is good, it is for training after all."
"Okay, let's go to Qinzhou and have a look." As soon as Cheng Xiaorou said this, everyone headed towards Qinzhou.
Along the way, Ji Nuan talked and laughed with others, but she didn't feel bored. Even if she occasionally met Zhu Changqin's impatient eyes, she didn't mind.
Two days later, everyone came to a "Laifu Inn" in Qinzhou to rest. The waiter came up to him and asked, "What do the guests want to eat?"
"Whatever delicious food you have here, please have a portion!" Ruqin said politely, with a smile on her face. Qinzhou was far more lively than she imagined, and she was naturally happy in her heart.
"Okay, I'll go right away." The waiter walked quickly to the kitchen.
Several people were chatting happily, but after hearing the conversation at the table next to them, they all fell silent, and a burly man with a stubble on his face spoke first.
"I heard that another practitioner disappeared yesterday. How many of them are they missing this month?"
Another thin man continued, "Who knows? The Mo Mansion doesn't care about this."
A young man next to him said disdainfully, "The Mo Mansion has changed a lot. Ever since the old sect leader left, even though Mo Yun is called the sect leader, he is actually a waste with no cultivation."
"Your Majesty, please don't say this nonsense. If someone with a serious intention listens to it, I'm afraid you will get into trouble." The bearded man looked around and spoke in a low voice.
The young man named Jia Qing didn't care and continued, "Brother, what are you afraid of? If he does something, why are there so many practitioners missing in Qinzhou? He is just a traitor and he is not worthy of being in charge of Qinzhou."
Continent.”
The little man was also a little angry and said, "That's right, I heard that Mo Yun only knows how to play the piano and paint all day long. Mo Feng is in charge of everything in the Mo family. Such a person is indeed unworthy of being a sect leader."
"More than that, I heard that he has been anxiously preparing for his marriage recently. During the chaos in Qinzhou, he actually paid attention to his children. It's really... ugh." Jia Qing shook his head and sighed, looking like he hated iron but not steel.
"Okay you two, after all, these are the affairs of their immortal family and have nothing to do with us common people, so let's not worry about it so much."
"Brother, what you said is wrong. If the Immortal family can't protect itself, how can we people live in peace? We don't know when Mu Xi will intervene in this matter."
When the family minister said this, Zhu Changqin couldn't help but came over and said, "Sir, are what you just said true?"
The three of them saw that he was holding a sword in his hand and guessed that he must be a cultivator. However, they did not wear Muxi school uniforms during their training, so they did not know that he was the Muxi disciple they called him.
"Sir, you are also cultivators, right? Qinzhou is not peaceful recently. I think it's best for you to leave quickly, otherwise you don't know what will happen." The little man spoke to console him.
Zhu Changqin said disdainfully, "Leave, that's why I'm here. I want to see what kind of monster dares to take advantage of a cultivator."
The bearded man continued, "Sir, you don't know something. Several monks like you have come to Qinzhou for this reason, but in the end they all disappeared and not even their bodies were found."
"Then is it possible that they just left Qinzhou and there is no so-called disappearance?" Ji Nuan interjected after hearing their conversation.
"Absolutely not. If it were one or two people, it might be true as the girl said, but there are already twenty or thirty people like this. Is there such a coincidence in the world?" Jia Qing affirmed.
"Junior Sister Ji, are you oversimplifying things? I think there must be a demon causing trouble." Zhu Changqin's words were full of dissatisfaction with Ji Nuan.
"What the young master said is absolutely true, but I don't know why this monster specifically targets cultivators? If Song Jue were here, the problem would be easily solved." Jia Qing's words were filled with admiration for Song Wangchen, but this just touched the hearts of all the elders.
Chin's weakness.
"Hmph, I, Mu Xi, have many talented people, so what does Song Wangchen mean to me?"
When the three heard this, they realized that they were actually disciples of Muxi. The bearded man immediately stood up and saluted, "It turns out to be Immortal Master Muxi, but we are blind."
"It doesn't have to be like this. You can tell me where the monk last disappeared yesterday so that we can go and take a look."
"Of course, I heard that yesterday..."
A few people continued to discuss, but Ji Nuan had no intention of listening anymore. Cheng Xiaorou and the others would definitely be able to solve these matters, but they couldn't be solved overnight. She couldn't waste time here, so she had to leave first.
"Sister, do you think this is the work of a demon?"
Cheng Xiaorou was still wondering about the person who sent the letter, but she calmed down after hearing Ji Nuan's question, "No matter what it is, we will never tolerate it as long as we find out."
The waiter then brought the dishes to the table and said, "Dear guests, all the delicious dishes in our restaurant have been served. Do you have any other instructions?"
"Prepare a few wing rooms, we are going to stay here for a while."
"Okay!" After hearing this, the waiter immediately went to prepare.
Zhu Changqin had finished asking and returned to the table and said, "Junior sister, as the three of them said, these monks disappeared in different places, but they all disappeared at night. It seems that tonight is very critical. You must be careful."
"Of course, senior brother too," Cheng Xiaorou responded obediently, but Zhu Changqin sounded more concerned about these words, and he secretly felt happy in his heart.
"Secretary, prepare two bedrooms and some good wine and food."
Tang Siyan ordered as soon as he stepped into the inn. He was followed by Jiang Yu. In the past two days, he was not in a hurry to find Ji Nuan. Instead, he knew that Cheng Xiaorou had arrived in Qinzhou, so he searched for Qinzhou all the way.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Cheng Xiaorou's figure and immediately said excitedly, "Sister, you are also here, what a coincidence."
Chapter completed!