Resting for a few days in the Zhou Mansion, with high beds and soft pillows, and crowds of slaves and maids, was truly an incredible enjoyment.

Until early in the morning that day, I was practicing the newly learned technique in the yard, but I felt a movement in my heart and a feeling of heat in my eyes.

Before I could react, I felt a picture suddenly appear in front of my eyes——

Under the branches of the dense cypress tree, I saw a young man whose face could not be seen clearly. He was wearing a Taoist robe and his hair was neatly combed. At this moment, he suddenly threw away the fly whisk, pressed his chest with his right hand, and then made a "pop" sound

, vomiting blood.

Suddenly, it seemed like something was broken.

I frowned, and just as I was about to think about it, I heard a maid's crisp voice at the door:

"My lord, Lian Xin died just now. Madam said, I will follow your orders."

Lian Xin...died quietly.

I counted the time and it was already 4 days since Mrs. Zhou took her down.

During these four days, she was kept in a room without being able to move, and then she was not given food and only a small cup of tea every day.

Grandpa once said that the pain of hunger is unbearable even for gods. It’s just because the intestines will spread throughout the body as if on fire, and one can’t wait to melt all the bones and flesh in the abdomen, and it can make people suffer for a long time - this kind of soft and cruel pain

Punishment is a disaster that God often sends down.

But now the stable life that Lian Xin gained after trampling on many lives was finally completely cut off at this moment.

I sighed, and then nodded: "I understand. Let Mrs. Zhou handle everything."

For people like her, all they can get in the end is a roll of torn straw and throw it into a mass grave.

Decades later, if you are lucky enough to meet a bone collector, you might be able to piece together a complete set of bones.

But with the sins she has done now, I'm afraid it's hard to do it.

But... who is the middle-aged Taoist priest I saw inexplicably?

I thought about it and asked the maid next to me:

"Where can there be a huge cypress forest in this imperial capital city?"

The maid was at a loss for a moment, and then lowered her head: "Your Excellency, we rarely leave the house, and we don't know about things outside. If you want to ask, I will go find the housekeeper to arrange for someone from outside to come. Maybe you can ask

Come out one or two."

"OK."

I nodded, and the maid trotted all the way. After a while, the housekeeper came over with an acquaintance.

"I've met noble people."

This acquaintance happened to be the tiger head who guarded me in the caravan before.

I smiled and asked directly: "Do you know where in this imperial capital there is a huge cypress forest?"

Cypress forest?

Hu Tou frowned and started thinking hard at this moment.

And then I thought about the Taoist priest's clothes - although they were neat, they were not exquisite, but seemed to be a uniform style in any Taoist temple.

Then he reminded: "Maybe it's near a Taoist temple?"

Taoist temple?

The tiger head immediately reacted: "I remembered it! Qingxuan Temple outside the city! Because it often collects the corpses of the ownerless people, there is a huge cypress forest in the back mountain. And bypassing the cypress forest, there is

It’s a tomb that collects corpses.”

Qingxuan Temple?

What a coincidence.

I nodded, and then looked at the sky: "It's still early in the morning, I wonder if it would be convenient to take me to Qingxuan Temple today?"

"Convenient, convenient! Of course it is convenient!"

Before the guard responded, the housekeeper was already busy giving instructions: "Quickly, prepare the carriage and take the noble man to Qingxuan Temple."

Then he laughed kindly:

"My lord, you are an expert. If you go to Qingxuan Temple, you may want to talk about Taoism. However, the reputation of Qingxuan Temple is extraordinary, so..."

He smiled humbly, but I nodded to appease him:

"Don't worry, I just went up the mountain to have a look. I'm a casual cultivator, and I have no intention of coming to compete."

If I really have this intention, I won't be afraid of winning or losing. It's all up to me.

But the Zhou Mansion was just mediocre in the imperial capital, so how could it withstand the displeasure of Qingxuan Temple?
Chapter completed!