readytorunbook Chapter 237 That Will Kill Her
Chapter 237 That Will Kill Her
In Master Huineng's Zen room, Chen Ji, dressed in a dark white robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at a landscape painting hanging in the room, silent and speechless.
Master Huineng pushed open the door, still wearing the same simple monk's robe that had been washed so much that it looked bleached, and his face was filled with excitement: "Xiao Ji'er, you finally came to see me!"
Chen Ji turned around upon hearing the voice, ignoring Master Huineng's smiling face, and said straight to the point: "It was you who did An Luhai shave Luo Xiaoran's hair."
He used an affirmative tone, not a questioning tone.
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Master Huineng placed his hands in front of his chest and waved them quickly, and his head, which was as smooth as a boiled egg, shook left and right.
"Heh!" Chen Ji snorted coldly, his tone low: "If you didn't do it, you would have been curious and asked about what happened, instead of pretending to deny it here."
Huineng's shaking head suddenly stopped, and his waving hands dropped. He moved closer, his eyes gleaming:
"Xiao Ji'er is still so smart. Nothing I do can escape your eyes."
After saying that, Huineng sat down beside the coffee table in front of his bed in the meditation room, picked up an apple on the table and started to eat it, and handed one to Chen Ji:
"This apple is sweeter than the variety grown by Luo Xiaoran. Try it!"
"Are you spying on her?" Chen Ji frowned, "Why are you staring at her?"
Huineng did not say anything, and the whole room suddenly became very quiet, with only the crisp sound of chewing apples echoing.
After eating the apple, Huineng put the towel into the basin to wet it, wrung out the excess water and wiped the sticky apple juice left at the corners of his mouth.
Later, he washed his face and finally put his entire boiled egg-like head into the basin of water.
The basin shook violently and water splashed everywhere.
After a while, Huineng wiped the water droplets on his face and head with another dry towel, but did not turn to face Chen Ji.
Chen Ji stared at Huineng's movements, his heart trembled, and his eyes became dark.
"After you and your men came into contact with Luo Xiaoran, the gunpowder formula she gave was a good thing, wasn't it?"
A cold voice came over, with a serious tone that was rare for Huineng.
The next second, boom——
The basin of water was suddenly overturned and smashed to the ground. The white towel in the basin fell to the ground with the water and became dirty.
Huineng turned around, with water droplets still on his gray beard. He looked playful, no longer as mysterious as before:
"Ji'er, are you in love with Luo Xiaoran?"
Chen Ji was stunned. He hadn't seen Huineng so serious for a long time.
Like, he was a completely normal person, not the crazy monk that everyone talked about.
Huineng came close to Chen Ji and whispered in his ear:
"It's normal to like Luo Xiaoran, but you can't love her, that will kill her, understand?"
……
Yizhou, Taiping Palace.
Taiping Palace was the residence of emperors of all dynasties after they came to Anruo Temple to pray for blessings. It is the best in Yizhou in terms of size and geographical location.
The most famous thing about Taiping Palace is the hot spring water brought down from the mountain. After careful design by craftsmen, it finally formed dozens of open-air hot spring pools of various sizes.
The largest hot spring pool is the Lotus Hot Spring. The surface of the spring water is as calm as a silver mirror. Only a wooden tray floats quietly in the middle of the water. On the tray is a bottle of fine wine and two white jade wine glasses.
Suddenly, a figure emerged from the water. The rippling water waves carried the tray up and down. The white jade wine glass was knocked over and slid off the tray and sank into the water.
But the figure did not stop and the body continued to rise.
It turned out that there was another figure under the human figure, and the person on top was sitting on the shoulders of the person below and was lifted up like that.
The two people are Princess Qingyi Chen Lingyi and her attendant wearing a wooden mask.
Chen Lingyi's white gauze dress could not hide her blood-pumping beautiful body. Her black hair became even darker because of the spring water. The beauty mole between her eyebrows was dazzling. She did not look like a princess from the deep palace, but rather a fairy hidden in the mountains.
The masked attendant was wearing a thin black robe, with his graceful muscles wrapped in the luxurious fabric. Chen Lingyi's slender legs hung from his right shoulder, and her white legs formed a sharp contrast with the black clothes.
"Princess, can I take off the mask?" The servant's left hand had already placed the mask, and he was just waiting for Chen Lingyi to nod before taking off this annoying disguise.
Chen Lingyi passed her jade fingers through the servant's hair, and then gently placed them on the masked servant's left hand, "Aqiao, I never repeat what I said twice, but you are an exception.
You have to remember that you can only take off the mask when there are only two of us!"
……
After settling Princess Qingyi, Wei Lin hurried back to report.
"After the princess entered the Taiping Palace, the first thing she did was to dismiss her attendants and bathe in the lotus bath with her lover, Aqiao. Your subordinates have arranged for someone to monitor her and report her every move every day."
At this time, Chen Ji had already returned to Prince Yan's Mansion. Every time the imperial court came to Anruo Temple to pray, he would stay back to make it convenient for receiving the emperor.
"Aqiao is the eldest princess's new lover. It is said that he is very favored and is almost inseparable from the eldest princess. But no one has ever seen what he looks like under the mask." Wei Lin continued to report the information he had just obtained.
"Does Luo Xiaoran have any special news?" Chen Ji interrupted Wei Lin and asked.
Wei Lin was stunned. Now that the eldest princess had come to the northern border, and no one knew why, shouldn’t they focus their attention on the eldest princess now?
He really couldn't guess what his master was thinking, nor did he dare to guess, so he could only reply honestly:
"Luo Xiaoran either cooks delicious food at home every day, or grows crops, flowers, and medicinal herbs.
Her method of raising chickens in the orchard is quite unique, and she also chops down scarecrows with a big knife every day, as if she has some kung fu skills, but other than that, there is nothing unusual about her.
Luo Xiaoran knows Kung Fu. This is what Huineng told Chen Ji. Huineng also said a lot about Luo Xiaoran...
A dark light flashed in Chen Ji's eyes. He didn't know why Huineng was staring at Luo Xiaoran, just like he didn't know why Huineng came to him and said he would help him deal with the five major families after he came to the northern border when he was twelve years old.
Luo Xiaoran fled to Hexi Village and gradually became a small landlord in Hexi Village. Her life was plain and warm. Although she knew a lot of strange things, Huineng didn't seem surprised by it.
Luo Xiaoran, oh Luo Xiaoran, what is Huineng planning to do to you?
"Master?" Wei Lin called him.
Chen Ji raised his eyes and looked at Wei Lin, his voice was light:
"One report every half day will result in thirty military sticks."
"Yes!" Wei Lin went down to receive the punishment.
The eldest princess came to the northern border, but he had not heard a word of it. The thirty military sticks were not unfair!
He reports the eldest princess's whereabouts to his master every half a day. This time he must find out how the eldest princess came to the northern border!