Another World's Imperial Examination Official Path

When the three of Chuzhuang came out of Jinshan Temple, the crowd on the road dissipated quite a bit.

After all, the statues of Buddha have already been taken away, and they were given to the emperor and the queen mother in the name of giving them to the emperor. No one is so short-sighted as to dare to stop the statues.

Now there are only scattered believers who want to go to Jinshan Temple to worship Buddha.

Seeing this situation, the three couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then they went back to Kezhao.

Yunmengxi and the three children waited in the inn all day, and he was relieved to see that they came back safe and sound. "How's the matter?" Yunmengxi asked anxiously.

"Let's go back to the room and talk about it." Chu Zhuang patted the back of Yunmengxi's hand to comfort him.

When the group returned to the room, Chu Zhuang told Yunmengxi what they saw today.

"The Buddha statue was taken away, and monk Huiming discovered the secret of the Buddha statue?" Yunmengxi said in surprise.

Chu Zhuang nodded in response.

"Is it okay to be discovered?" Yunmengxi frowned and asked worriedly.

"It doesn't matter. Monk Huiming took out the soybeans. No one knows the secret of the Buddha statue except us and him." Yunhong was not worried about it.

After all, even if the secret of the Buddha thread is discovered, no one will know that they did it.

There was a thoughtful look in Chu Zhuang's eyes, and he said, "Chu Lianqing and the others should send the Buddha statue to Dongfeng Mansion in a short time, and we might have a chance to see it then."

"That's right." Yun Hong nodded and said: "We have been delayed here for a while, there may be some accidents on the road, let's get on the road as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's set off tomorrow morning." Chu Zhuang agreed.

The Chu family has basically cleaned up everything that needs to be cleaned up. If they don't provoke him in the future, then there will be no conflict between them.

But if they don't open their eyes and still want to trouble him, then next time he won't be as simple as scaring them.

Jinguang Temple.

Monk Huizhen was pacing in the room, and Huiming left suddenly. He was worried, so he waited in the room for Huiming to come back.

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However, it was not until the next morning that Huiming returned to the room with a heavy face.

"Host, you are back."

When Huizhen saw Huiming appearing at the door of the room, she was overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward to ask, but seeing the heavy expression, her heart sank, and she asked: "Why did the host go for so long, but what happened to the Buddha statue?" misfortune?"

"The statue is fine."

Huiming shook his head, sat on the stool and poured a cup of tea, while drinking, he told Huizhen what Chu Lianqing had inquired about last night.

"Blood handprint? Female ghost?" Huizhen opened her mouth wide, looked at Huiming and asked, "Master, you mean that Chu Lianqing was entangled by a female ghost? Is this female ghost real or fake?"

Huizhen would have believed it before, but after the incident with the Buddha statue, Huizhen can't help but have some doubts about these things

After all, even the Buddha statue was planted by someone, so will someone pretend to be the female ghost?

"I'm not sure either. This bloody handprint is unusual, and it's not something ordinary people can leave behind." Huiming shook his head, Yue Chao also had tattoos, but the methods were rough and the colors were limited to black and black.

And the bloody handprint on Chu Lianqing's body was bright red and so lifelike that even Huiming had never seen it in all his travels. It really looked like the work of a female ghost.

"So I went to the Chu Mansion to investigate again later." Huiming looked at Huizhen with a gleam in his eyes and said, "Guess what I saw afterwards?"

"Huizhen doesn't know."

Huizhen shook her head. Whether it was the Buddha statue or the female ghost, it was too unimaginable and completely beyond his cognition. How could he possibly guess it.

Seeing that Huizhen couldn't figure it out, Huiming didn't force it, and said, "Blood footprints!"

"Blood footprints? And blood footprints?! Who is this left on?" Huizhen frowned and asked hastily.

"The bloody footprints are not left on anyone's body."

Huiming shook his head and continued: "When I went to the Chu Mansion, I found that a courtyard was sealed off, so I went in to check and saw a bunch of bloody footprints in the room inside. These footprints appeared from the door. It spread all the way to the bed."

It would be fine if it was just a bunch of bloody footprints, but things are not that simple.

"I checked, and the footprints are not blood, nor are they ordinary paints, but a very special substance. Unless the floor is lifted, it can't be wiped off at all. It is similar to the handprints on Chu Lianqing's body. A place with the same purpose.”

Huizhen opened her mouth wide and murmured, "No wonder they want to seal the yard."

With such a mark, who would dare to live in this yard!

"Besides, the members of the Chu family are also somewhat abnormal."

Huiming frowned as he thought about the news he overheard from the servants of the Chu family.

Except for a few aunts in the backyard, everyone in the Chu family went outside the city to do charitable deeds, which was not abnormal at first.

It's normal for a big family to do some good deeds.

But Huang Chunhua and others are not kind-hearted people, and the whole government is acting together, which is a bit unbelievable.

After Huiming finished speaking, Huizhen showed a look of hesitation: "This Chu family is full of weirdness, host, do you think it is really that female ghost who came to seek revenge on them?"

If they didn't do something wrong and were afraid of being retaliated by the female ghost, other reasons wouldn't make sense.

"Female ghost?" Huiming snorted coldly and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe it!"

Now even if he saw it with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't believe it easily.

"The timing of this female ghost and the Buddha statue appearing is too close and too coincidental."

A gleam flashed across Huiming's eyes, and he said: "Chu Lianqing invited me to sit in his mansion at the beginning to guard against this female ghost.

Huizhen was slightly taken aback, and suddenly he understood what Huiming meant, and took his words and said: "But there is a Buddha statue in the temple, so the brother was attracted away!"

"Well, so I suspect that the two were done by the same person!" Huiming nodded in response.

Huizhen didn't say anything. It is naturally possible for someone who can grow Buddha statues to pretend to be a female ghost to deceive the Chu family with the same treacherous tricks.

Both of them fell into contemplation. After a while, Huizhen opened her mouth to break the calm. She looked at Huiming and asked, "Brother, do you have anyone you suspect?"

A look of hesitation appeared on Huiming's face. After thinking for a while, he finally said a name: "Chuzhuang..."

"Chu Zhuang? Who is this?" Huizhen didn't know the situation of the Chu family, and naturally she didn't know about Chu Zhuang either.

"He is the child of that female ghost. He is seventeen years old and has been admitted as a scholar. He just arrived in the Chu Mansion a few days ago." Huiming simply explained.

one sentence.

"It's possible for a son to avenge his mother..." Huizhen nodded and said thoughtfully.

Huiming shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. This Chu Zhuang is just a thin and weak scholar, and he can't do this."

"But didn't the host say that he doubted him?" Huizhen opened her mouth wide, looking at Huiming in confusion and asked.

"Even if he didn't do this matter, he is very likely to be an insider." Huiming explained.

The matter was related to Bai Wanting, and Chu Zhuang was Bai Wanting's son, and all these things happened after Chu Zhuang came to the Chu Mansion.

People like Chu Lianqing were frightened and they were fans of the authorities, so they couldn't think of this.

But Huiming is clear to the onlookers, especially when he discovered the secret of the Buddha statue, so it's hard not to associate it with Chu Zhuang.

Huizhen nodded. There are only two possibilities for this matter.

Either Bai Wanting came back to take revenge, or someone related to Bai Wanting came back to avenge her.

"I heard people say that he left the Chu Mansion and went to Dongfeng Mansion to take the imperial examination." Huiming said suddenly.

Huizhen understands the meaning of her elder brother who is the host. He will never say such a thing for no reason. He was slightly taken aback, looked at Huiming and said, "You, the host..."

"I decided to go to Zhao Dongfeng's mansion!" Huiming said with affirmation, his eyes full of light.

"Master, you have gone to Dongfeng Mansion, what about the temple?" Huizhen persuaded.

Huiming took off his cassock, put it directly into Huizhen's hands, and said, "You can just be the host. Huizhen wants to cry but has no tears. This is too childish."

"Okay, I've already decided on this matter. I have to go to Yizhao in Dongfeng Mansion!" Huiming waved his hand, blocking all the words of persuasion that Huizhen wanted to say.

"Yes..." Huizhen also knows Huiming's temper. Since he has already said so, there is no room for turning this matter around.

landed.

"I went to Dongfeng Mansion this time. First, I wanted to inquire about this Chu village. Second, I wanted to see what happened after the Buddha statue was sent there by Chu Lianqing." Huiming explained.

If something happened to the Buddha statue, he would be able to know in time, so that Chu Lianqing would not pour the pot of dirty water on him or Jinguang Temple.

Huizhen's expression turned serious, she nodded, and then asked, "Then when is the host planning to leave?"

"Now!" Huiming replied: "Chu Zhuang and the others have already left, I have to find a chance to keep up with him!"

The sky had just dawned when the carriages of Chu Zhuang and his party left Kezhao.

"After we left Jiqing Mansion, we went all the way north, passing Annan and Anbei prefectures on the way. If everything goes well, we will be able to reach Dongfeng Mansion in early autumn."

Yunhong took out the topographic map and briefly explained the route to Chu Zhuang.

Chu Zhuang nodded and said: "We have a lot of people, so we don't need to be too anxious to leave."

There are old people and children in their group, and it is still hot summer when they are on the road. If they walk in a hurry, their bodies may not be able to bear it.

"Well, I see." Yunhong nodded, and he was not clear about Chu Zhuang's concerns.

After some business, they went out without stopping in the carriage.

Only Chuzhuang and Yunmengxi were left in the carriage. Chuzhuang looked at Yunmengxi and touched his cheek absently, and asked

: "Did you get up too early and didn't sleep well? Why don't you sleep in the carriage for a while?"

There are beds and beddings on the carriage, and it is easy to sleep on it.

Yunmengxi came back to his senses, glanced at Chu Zhuang, and shook his head slightly.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with your body?" Chu Zhuang frowned and asked with concern.

"No, I'm fine." Seeing that Chu Zhuang was in a hurry, Yunmengxi said quickly.

Chu Zhuang blinked, looked at Yunmengxi with some doubts, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I..." Yunmengxi pursed her lips, looked around, and said hesitantly: "Chu Zhuang, I always feel as if someone is looking at me..."