I want to know who killed me

Chapter 035 1 Pot Duan Bodhi Temple

Shao Ting hastily let go of Xiao Jiaozhu.

Xiao Zhanqiu turned his head and looked at the two hidden guards behind him indifferently. The dark guards understood immediately and quickly bowed and retreated.

Shao Ting touched his nose and said, "Why did you drive people away?"

Xiao Zhanqiu said: "In order not to affect your performance, do you want to hug for a while?"

Shao Ting: "..."

Shao Ting turned around with a laugh, and walked towards the Guanyin statue while changing the subject: "Let's not waste time, if we continue, maybe the group of monks will transfer the victim to another place."

Xiao Zhanqiu chuckled inexplicably behind him twice.

Shao Ting's scalp was numb from his laughter, and he didn't dare to turn his head back. He just silently moved away the gravel blocking the entrance of the secret passage, and then waved to Master Xiao, motioning him to go in with him.

Master Xiao followed without saying a word.

When he walked inside the Guanyin statue, Shao Ting realized what happened when he saw the stone statue blinking the other day.There is actually a ladder inside the Avalokitesvara statue. The group of monks must have climbed up the ladder and observed the women who came to beg for children from the eyes of the Avalokitesvara statue. It is creepy to think about it.

Shao Ting rubbed his arms, looked at the dark and deep secret passage, hugged Xiao Jiaozhu's arm without saying a word, unexpectedly had the illusion of going to a haunted house.

The two walked in side by side.

Xiao Zhanqiu held the fire folder in one hand, and Shao Ting tightly hugged the other hand. After walking for a long time, he couldn't help but said: "Don't hug so tightly, I can't even walk."

"I'm afraid..." Shao Ting shrank half of his body behind Xiao Jiaozhu, and continued walking on the spot half pushing and half pushing.

Xiao Zhanqiu shook his head helplessly.

The two spent the whole afternoon in the secret path of the Bodhi Temple, but unfortunately, there was still no trace of the group of monks.They seemed to have evaporated from the world. Under the surveillance of the dark guards, they disappeared without a trace, even the kidnapped women disappeared together.

Master Xiao, who failed to avenge his wife, had a stinky face the whole time he came out of the Bodhi Temple.

Shao Ting was not too disappointed, probably because he had read too many novels, he always felt that this matter would not end so simply, and that group of monks would definitely continue to be monsters in the future, and the most urgent thing to focus on was that behavior Weird Huaiping county magistrate.

They have already reported the case, let's see how the county magistrate will deal with it.

Back at the palace, Shao Ting saw Xiao Rong waiting for them at the door.

A thought popped up immediately: "Xiao Rong, do you want to go back to your in-law's house?" This girl has been missing for more than half a year, so she should go home.

Xiao Rong was taken aback when she heard the words, but said unsurely: "I'm like this... how do I go back?"

Shao Ting didn't understand what she meant, and said strangely: "We'll send you back, otherwise how else can we go back? Do you still remember the way home?"

Xiao Rong looked troubled.

On the contrary, Xiao Zhanqiu understood, and said, "Didn't you say that the group of monks raped all the captured women? Do you think her husband will accept a wife who has been missing for several months and has lost her integrity?"

Xiao Rong lowered her head more and more, obviously she was taken into consideration by the talk.

Shao Ting suddenly showed embarrassment.

Yes, even in modern times, there are many men who harbor malice and discrimination against women who have been raped, not to mention the ancient times when women's status was even lower.Thinking of which dynasty still had the rule that an adulterer was expelled and a woman had to be immersed in a pig cage, Shao Ting was worried about Xiao Rong's future.

Shao Ting hesitated: "Why don't you tell your husband about this?"

Xiao Rong is a victim of this matter, and she should no longer bear the consequences for the evil deeds of those monks.

"No, I can't keep this kind of thing from him." Xiao Rong took a deep breath, raised her head and said, "I will tell him. As for whether he will continue to accept me, I will leave it to fate."

Shao Ting said worriedly: "Okay, I will take you back with Jiao...he, can you see it tomorrow?"

Xiao Zhanqiu said unhappily: "Why do you want me to go?"

Shao Ting bumped into him, and said: "Of course I'm looking for clues by the way, you don't want to take the Bodhi Temple away."

Of course I wanted to.

Master Xiao stopped talking.

On the contrary, Xiao Rong is very grateful. Shao Ting first rescued her from the sea of ​​suffering, and now he wants to send her home. No matter what the outcome is, with this friend as her backing, she will be much stronger.

It was getting late, Shao Ting asked Xiao Rong to go back to her room to rest first, and then pushed Master Xiao to bed.

It was just that he had had enough sleep during the day, and Shao Ting lay on the bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep, and finally was held down by Leader Xiao in disgust, and was pressed down on the bed like a tortoise.

Shao Ting didn't resist either, and leaned against the bed sideways, looking at Master Xiao: "Master, after this matter is resolved, can you teach me martial arts?"

Xiao Zhanqiu withdrew his hand, frowned and said, "Do you want to learn martial arts?"

Shao Ting immediately thought that the leader Xiao came with a mission this time, and hurriedly added: "You don't need to teach me yourself, just find me a master. The main reason is that I want to learn some kung fu to defend myself. You don't even know, if it weren't for me Accidentally broke free from the rope, now not only can't escape, maybe I will be ruined by the great monk like Xiao Rong and the others!"

One sentence made Xiao Zhanqiu's eyes flash, but he still didn't agree: "It's too late, you are too old, it's too late to practice martial arts."

Seventeen or eighteen is too old?

Shao Ting, who has lived in modern times for 23 years, feels that he can probably be called an empty nester.

He flattened his mouth and said, "I don't need to be a peerless expert, I just need to be ordinary, and I can practice to the point where I can punch punks and kick punks."

Xiao Zhanqiu said: "Then you have not pursued too much."

Shao Ting grabbed his arm and dangled it, flattering him: "Teacher~ Lord~, okay?"

"..." Xiao Zhanqiu shook off the goose bumps all over his body, "Okay."

After dawdling for a long time, Shao Ting finally felt a little sleepy, and fell asleep while chatting with Master Xiao.

The next day, Shao Ting took Xiao Jiaozhu together and sent Xiao Rong home.

The village where Xiao Rong lives is considered to be a relatively poor place in Huaiping. Because Shao Ting and Xiao Rong can't ride horses, Liu Chengying kindly provided the palace with a carriage, but as soon as he saw the shadow of the village, the carriage couldn't go in.

The road is too rough, if the carriage is forced to enter, either the car will be broken or people will be knocked over.

In desperation, Shao Ting had no choice but to walk.

After walking for about half an hour, I finally entered the entrance of the village.The village is not big, and Xiao Rong returned to her former husband's house very quickly, but before she could get close, her limbs stopped stiffly, and she stared blankly not far away.

Shao Ting followed her gaze and only saw a dark-skinned young man and a young and delicate woman walking towards this side talking and laughing.

The swarthy young man probably sensed their gazes and raised his eyes to look over, but the next second his eyes showed panic, he backed up a few steps, pulled the delicate woman who hadn't reacted yet, turned around and left.

Xiao Rong's eyes suddenly went dark, and her body swayed.

Shao Ting quickly supported her, as if realizing something: "That person is your husband?"

Xiao Rong took a deep breath and nodded.

Shao Ting's eyes became puzzled: "Even if he finds a new love after you disappear, he won't have such an expression when he sees you. No matter how you look at it, he seems to be very afraid of your appearance."

This was in ancient times, even if Xiao Rong was a shrew, her husband would not be able to behave like this in front of outsiders, let alone Xiao Rong was not, so her husband's reaction would be even more intriguing.

Shao Ting had a faint guess in his heart.

But the guess still needs to be verified by the facts, so Shao Ting planned to ask the villagers, but he met a few aunts along the way, and before Shao Ting could ask, the aunts looked at Xiao Rong behind him in horror and whispered He ran away quickly.

Shao Ting: "?"

Later, I met a few uncles, and the result was the same.

Shao Ting was puzzled, turned around and asked Xiao Rong, but only saw the same doubt in the eyes of the other party.

After finally meeting an old woman who ran away without turning around, she was deaf and blind. Shao Ting's voice was almost hoarse, so he roughly understood the reason.

It turned out that Xiao Rong's in-law's family had already announced the news of Xiao Rong's death half a month ago, that is, half a month after Xiao Rong's disappearance, and they had arranged the burial and funeral wine together.So much so that in the eyes of all the villagers, Xiao Rong is a dead person at all!

It's no wonder everyone's expressions are so frightened, don't they think that Xiao Rong's ghost is back?

And the woman talking and laughing with Xiaorong's husband is a well-known pretty widow in the village.Her husband died unexpectedly in the year she married, but she who was passed on as Kefu unexpectedly fell in love immediately, and gave birth to a posthumous child the following year.

To put it in a vulgar way, that is the root of Lao Cha's family.

The only root is held in the hands of the daughter-in-law. Even if the daughter-in-law started flirting outside shortly after giving birth, her parents-in-law would not dare to drive them away.

"Your circle is really chaotic." Shao Ting couldn't help but sigh, "Then was there any sign that your husband was unclear with her before?"

"That's not true," Xiao Rong said with a wry smile, "but now that I'm 'dead', there's nothing wrong with him being with Widow Li, maybe my mother-in-law is happy to see them together, so that I can have a grandson to carry on the family line." .”

Shao Ting said: "Then do you plan to go back?"

Xiao Rong shook her head naturally: "How can I go back like this, besides, you have also seen my husband's reaction just now."

"Alright then," Shao Ting respected her choice, "If you don't have a good idea of ​​where to go for the time being, why don't you just stay in the palace, and I can ask someone to arrange an errand for you."

Xiao Zhanqiu gave a dry cough.

Shao Ting quickly changed his words: "The leader will arrange errands for you, and will never make you homeless."

Xiao Zhanqiu questioned him with his eyes: Is this what the leader meant?

Shao Ting laughed and pretended not to see it.

Xiao Zhanqiu: "..."

Although he now knew that Xiao Rong was "dead", Shao Ting was not sure whether it was Xiao Rong's in-laws who made Xiao Rong "die", or the Huaiping county magistrate who made Xiao Rong "dead", so he still had to confirm.

Shao Ting asked the accompanying dark guards to take Xiao Rong back first, while he and Xiao Jiaozhu found Xiao Rong's husband... no, ex-husband.

Xiaorong's ex-husband has lived for more than 20 years, and has never seen a man as imposing as Xiao Zhanqiu. He was so frightened that his legs went limp, but he did not lose his composure, and answered the question of Shao Ting, who was still kind and friendly, with trepidation.

The result was as expected—it was the magistrate of Huaiping County who asked her ex-husband to claim Xiaorong's "corpse", saying that she had slipped and fell into the water near the Bodhi Temple and died.

Xiaorong's ex-husband was from a poor family. Although he was skeptical about the corpse he brought back, firstly, he still had younger siblings to take care of, so he didn't have much time to find a wife who didn't have that deep affection. The daughter-in-law who laid eggs acquiesced that the "corpse" belonged to the daughter-in-law, so that the son could remarry later.

Recalling the two kinds of women that Xiao Rong told them would be kidnapped, rich wives and poor wives, the latter would end up like this in all likelihood.

When Shao Ting heard this, he felt a little sad.

But thinking that Hierarch Xiao found him the next day, he immediately looked at Hierarch Xiao with emotion. He didn't expect Hierarch Xiao to be so interested in him not long after they got married!

Xiao Zhanqiu: "?"

"Excuse me... Is Xiao Rong still alive?" Xiao Rong's ex-husband asked cautiously.

"That's natural, otherwise what you saw in front of you is a ghost." Shao Ting didn't have a good impression of this man, and his wife hooked up with him only a few months after leaving, so it's not a good thing, "But don't worry , she won't come back to bother you again, you can have sex with the little widow to your heart's content, goodbye!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled Hierarch Xiao to turn around and leave.

Xiaorong's ex-husband looked at their backs hesitantly, but finally did not speak to persuade them to stay.

On the way back, Shao Ting pulled Xiao Jiaozhu's hand tirelessly and crookedly.

Xiao Zhanqiu was pulled by his hand, and he shook it childishly for a long time, and finally pulled it back unbearably: "What's wrong with you, you have been abnormal since just now."

"I'm happy," Shao Ting smiled meanly, "As long as I think that the leader almost smashed the Bodhi Temple just to find me, I feel very happy!"

Xiao Zhanqiu's face was paralyzed when he heard the words: "Then you think too much, I wanted to smash the Bodhi Temple earlier because I thought you had escaped."

Shao Ting: "..."

Hierarch, can you stop spoiling the atmosphere like this!