Chapter 98 Zheng Wei is missing

Luoxia Temple has already taken on the scene of early winter. The fiery red that filled the mountains and plains two months ago has gradually faded away, adding a bit of desolation and coolness.

It was already midnight when Zheng Wei arrived at Luoxia Temple. Perhaps because it was getting colder in the mountains, there were only a few scattered pilgrims in Qixia Temple and it was no longer as lively as before.

Zheng Wei walked around the temple boredly, but found nothing, and no one came to see her. As for the so-called traitor and the abducted young girl, they were not easily discovered even if they were afraid.

She planned to find a place to rest and sit back and wait.

After looking around, she looked up and saw the tallest bell tower in the center of the temple. After thinking about it, she climbed up.

Standing at the highest point of the bell tower, you can overlook most of the scenery in Luoxia Temple. Looking at Luoxia Temple from here is really unique.

Zheng Wei suddenly thought of something and looked halfway up the mountain outside the mountain gate. He seemed to see several palm-sized figures walking up the mountain. They should be Amu and the others.

Zheng Wei smiled reassuringly and looked around again.

After a long time, Zheng Wei frowned slightly. She seemed to see five or six strange figures in important places such as the Abbot's Courtyard, the Prison Courtyard, the Great Zhai Hall, the Sutra Library, and the Zen Room.

She thought about it carefully, and she seemed to have seen a lot of people wearing cloth clothes when she was wandering down there just now, but she didn't notice anything unusual among them, but now she felt something strange when she stood here.

Although they pretended to be ordinary pilgrims, their layout was very regular. There were five or six people scattered around each courtyard. They seemed to be admiring the scenery, but in fact they were keenly observing everyone coming and going.

As long as there is any movement on either side, the pilgrims wandering back and forth will come to support in time.

Judging from the body movements of these people, they are very similar to those of Amudai. Could it be that Emperor Zhou believed what she said before and sent people to make arrangements in advance.

She secretly thought that something was wrong. There were fifty or sixty people in total. With so many people acting strangely suddenly appearing, the rats would be frightened and would not dare to come out of their holes.

Zheng Wei didn't know that while she was worried that these people would alert others, these people were also surprised by her appearance and worried that something might happen due to her sudden appearance.

"Hey, boss, is that little girl just now the princess?"

A stout man in gray clothes looked at the little figure who had just left and asked the man in black next to him in disbelief.

The man in black nodded with solemn eyes and said doubtfully: "Didn't Your Majesty send Amu to keep an eye on the princess?"

Although he didn't think clearly, he still cleverly gave the order in advance, and everyone hid themselves so as not to be discovered by the princess.

But when they saw their princess climbing up to the bell tower, they suddenly felt bad. Sure enough, not long after, they seemed to feel the princess's sharp eyes sweeping back and forth over them, shining a light on them.

Nothing to hide from.

Soon the men in black saw Amu, who was also disguised as an ordinary citizen, entering Luoxia Temple with four people they were very familiar with.

In the past, when Pao Ze met, they should have hugged each other happily and expressed their feelings to each other, but now they only looked at each other, understood the doubts in each other's eyes, and then passed each other.

But Amu still followed the man's eyes and saw the small figure on the bell tower.

Amu seemed to still be able to see her raising her eyebrows and smiling wildly at him.

Zheng Wei stayed on the bell tower for a whole hour and didn't notice anything wrong. The warm sunshine in early winter made her feel lazy.

"Ah" she couldn't help but yawned, with crystal tears in her eyes. Then she wiped her eyes dry and squinted at the inconspicuous courtyard in the northwest corner of the temple. It seemed that a figure had just come out of it.

But she looked around the courtyard and found no one leaving.

Dazzled? Otherwise, how could a person disappear out of thin air in the blink of an eye?

Zheng Wei thought for a while and decided to go down and take a look. After all, after waiting for so long, nothing was found. Staying here is just a waste of time.

She got off the bell tower, walked calmly through the "pilgrims" in civilian clothes, and headed northwest.

Amu quickly got the news and followed him leisurely.

Luoxia Temple is very big. According to ordinary people's footsteps, it may not be possible to visit all the courtyards, attics, and palaces in one day, so many people don't know that there is such a desolate courtyard in the northwest corner of Luoxia Temple.

The courtyard is covered with withered yellow weeds and surrounded by tall ginkgo trees. From time to time, golden ginkgo leaves will slowly fall. The entire courtyard is full of decadence and desolation, and it looks like it has been in a panic for many years.

Zheng Wei carefully pushed aside the weeds that were as tall as herself and walked towards the yard.

She finally crossed the yard and came to the door of the house. The rotten wooden house was already crumbling and it didn't look like a place where anyone lived.

Zheng Wei gently opened the door. The inside of the house was as dilapidated as the yard. Spiders had built webs to make their home here. There were countless small woodlice crawling around in the gaps between the damp wooden boards on the ground. There were even two of them the moment the door was opened.

A huge mouse crawled past her.

Wait, huge rats, countless rat wives?

Zheng Wei couldn't help but knelt down to check. She remembered that she had heard from the old man in the village that woodlice like warm and humid places. It was already early winter, and she had already put on a thin jacket. The dilapidated house was not protected from the wind and rain at all.

, why are woodlice so active?

There is also a desolate place that can raise such a huge rat. This place is probably not simple.

Zheng Wei carefully observed the situation around him, then squatted down and looked at the ground carefully.

She struck it carefully with a short thorn and looked at the ground. There were more and more ground dragons and woodlice.

Seeing these densely packed black reptiles, Zheng Wei couldn't help but shudder, and forced herself to continue browsing.

Suddenly she raised her hand and stabbed behind her with the short thorn in her hand. She tilted her body in mid-air to avoid the attack from behind.

Under the sunlight, Zheng Wei saw that the man in front of him had his face covered with black cloth, and his exposed eyes were all gleaming. The weapon in his hand was an unsheathed sword, but every move he swung still had a trace of power.

There was a faint murderous aura, which made the skin on her body tingle.

Zheng Wei's heart sank to the bottom. After just a few back and forth, she knew that this man was the most powerful master she had ever seen except Liu Xin, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard.

But she did not despair. Amu and the others would follow outside and come in immediately if they heard any movement. Moreover, this person could obviously defeat her with one move, but even after several moves, he still had no intention of hurting her.

Although she didn't understand what he meant, Zheng Wei still persisted and refused to lose.

Amu and the others had just stood in front of the deserted courtyard when they heard the sound of fighting inside. They quickly kicked open the dilapidated courtyard door and ran in.

But when they arrived at the house, there was no sign of Zheng Wei, only traces of a fight remained.

"Find quickly!"

Amu ordered, and the other people, who had turned pale with fear, hurriedly checked around.

Fortunately, within a moment, there was movement in another room. Amu ran over and took a look. There was a square hole in the ground as big as the mouth of a well. It looked dark inside from above, and there was a turbid fishy smell coming from the bottom.
Chapter completed!