Chu Qi drifted aimlessly for a while. Since she hadn't unlocked the skill of walking through walls, she couldn't just enter the room in order not to be discovered, so she had to look from room to room, but found nothing.
Then she realized that this was not an option. She saw a maid who looked unusually dressed passing by in front of her, and immediately decided to follow her.
Facts have proved that her decision was absolutely right. This maid was actually the personal maid of the prefect's wife.
Chu Qi followed her into the prefect's wife's room and saw a plump woman dressing up inside.
She was about forty years old, with plain appearance, many obvious wrinkles on her face, and rough hands. It seemed that she had done a lot of work in her early years and could not afford to live a wealthy life for many years.
But she seems to be extremely obsessed with her appearance, her eyes are always staring at the mirror without taking a glance away.
"Xiao Cui, you are back. Are the offerings to Master Xuanji ready?"
"As for Madam, everything is ready, especially the white jade mirror-shaped Bodhisattva statue. I placed it with my own hands, and there will never be any mistakes."
"That's right, I can rest assured when you do things. Come on, come and tell me which hairpin looks good on you today?"
The lady nodded with satisfaction, and then called the maid named Xiaocui to come forward and pick out the jewelry.
On the left side of the table, there is a phoenix-shaped bead-embedded silk gold hairpin, and on the right side is a jade-like amulet-embellished pearl-embellished hairpin.
One is rich and the other is elegant, but seeing the lady's eyes unable to stop looking to the left, one knows that she must be more interested in the golden hairpin.
"My maidservant, it seems that with such a beautiful lady, she will look good in anything she wears. However, today we are going to see Master Xuanji. For such a solemn occasion, it is more appropriate to wear a gold hairpin to show that the lady is sincere."
I knew it.
Chu Qi pouted, she really couldn't bear to listen to this flattery. She turned around and began to look at this extremely luxurious room. At this glance, she discovered something was wrong.
There is a shrine in the most conspicuous place in the main hall. Thinking of the "white jade mirror-shaped Bodhisattva statue" mentioned by Xiaocui just now, we can deduce that the prefect's wife is probably a devout believer.
However, the problem lies in the statue of this Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva on the shrine is sitting on a giant snake that has been coiled several times. The giant snake's head is bulging its neck, rising above the Bodhisattva's head like a canopy.
The Bodhisattva has three eyes and six arms. His expression is peaceful, as if he is pitying the world, but blood and tears are flowing under his eyes. His two hands are in the lotus seal on his chest, and his four hands are under his ribs. One holds a drum, one holds a sutra, and one holds a sutra. Hold the cup in one hand and the fork in the other.
After Chu Qi took a closer look, she discovered that there was a human face on the drum, wailing in pain, and the cup was not filled with wine, but blood. She could not understand the words in the scripture, but she also knew that they were definitely not Chinese characters. .
Surrounding the Bodhisattva's neck are not rosary beads, but eighteen skulls.
The Bodhisattva is sitting cross-legged, but it cannot cover the huge mouth that grew out of his belly. It has fangs and is smiling ferociously under the lotus seal.
Chu Qi felt her scalp numb just by looking at it. The image of the Mirror Heart Bodhisattva was so weird that it gave her goosebumps all over her body.
It doesn't look like a good god no matter how you look at it. How could anyone believe in such a thing religiously?
This is so weird.
Chu Qi couldn't help but become suspicious of the prefect's wife again, as well as the Master Xuanji she mentioned.
On the following day, on the seventh day of the lunar month, I walked around the inner courtyard and found that the entire government office was strange from top to bottom. For example, everyone would say "Bless the Mirror Heart Bodhisattva" when something happened.
Another example is that everyone is full of excitement about being able to go with his wife to meet Master Xuanji today. This emotion even exceeds the matter of receiving the imperial envoy.
Yes, they didn't seem to care at all about Bao Zheng and the others coming.
The strangest thing is that everyone seems to sincerely believe that the prefect's wife is a beautiful woman.
"Am I unable to keep up with the trend? Or is this the aesthetic taste of Jiangzhou people?"
Chu Qi sighed silently.
"What's going on? Why hasn't that imperial envoy left yet? Xiaocui, go to the front hall and ask the master to pay attention to the time. There are still many ceremonies to prepare. It's true! The Liuli Palace will open its doors after dusk. If we arrive late, we won’t be able to pick the location closest to Master Xuanji!”
"Yes, ma'am."
Seeing that there were no clues to be found in the inner courtyard, Chu Qi thought for a while and chose to follow Xiao Cui to the front hall. She was going to meet with Bao Zheng and the others, and then consider investigating Xuanji after sorting out the information. mage.
Yes, she didn't dare to go alone, she was timid.
Although the company's information stated that this was a world without demons, the company's information had not been updated for many years, and Chu Qi couldn't believe it completely.
Who knows if the world will suddenly mutate.
Anyway, that Bodhisattva was very evil and she was afraid.
After entering the front hall, Chu Qi wanted to go to Gongsun Ce. Unexpectedly, just as he passed by Jiangzhou Magistrate, a guard beside him suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Chu Qi's position. If Chu Qi hadn't been able to dodge, Hurry, I'm afraid you will really be caught.
Although she dodged in time, the hem of her clothes was still caught in this person's hand. Although she knew that mortals could not detect it, Chu Qi still took out the hem of her clothes very carefully, and then immediately floated behind Zhan Zhao to hide.
At this time, Nan Xia's strength is more trustworthy.
"Sima Guard, what are you doing?"
The guard who was performing the air grabbing performance in front of everyone seemed very embarrassed at this time. The confusion on his face flashed across his face. Facing the eyes that were looking at him from all directions, he retracted his hand, stiffly pulled the corner of his mouth, and said:
"Just now...there was a small flying insect, and I couldn't help but take action. Please forgive me, sir, and the imperial envoy."
"I see. Don't worry about Sima's guards. Being smart is a good thing. Mr. Chen has a good guard."
Gongsun Ce praised him a few times and talked about it with a laugh.
After Zhan Zhao noticed that his sleeves were suddenly pulled a few times, he guessed that the guard's actions just now must be related to Chu Qi, so he calmly adjusted his position and blocked Chu Qi's entire body. .
The seventh day of the lunar month: The sense of security is overwhelming!
After a few people chatted back and forth for a while, Chen Jing, the prefect of Jiangzhou who was in a hurry, politely issued an eviction order:
"Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, has come a long way. It must have been hard on the road. Why don't you take a good rest today? I will take you to appreciate the scenery of Jiangzhou tomorrow."
"Mr. Chen, I will be here today—"
Gongsun Ce, who was about to say that he wasn't tired, felt a poke on his back the next second, so he swallowed his words silently and headed back home.
"——Let's go back and rest first. I must take this officer to take a good tour of Jiangzhou City under your rule tomorrow."
As soon as they returned to the inn, after confirming that no one was listening around, agent Chu Qi and agent Bao Zheng began to spit out information non-stop.
Chu Qi focused on describing the weird Bodhisattva statue, and the information Bao Zheng got from him was really unusual.
"It's not clear exactly when Master Xuanji came to Jiangzhou. But what is certain is that two years ago, he was brought into the mansion by Mrs. Chen, and a few days later, he became a member of the Chen mansion. I served the Master and stayed there for more than half a year before I left and started my own business."
As he spoke, Bao Zheng suddenly lowered his voice. He waved to the others to come closer to him. He didn't continue until their heads touched:
"Although the Chen couple are now loving and harmonious, the concierge said that two years ago, Chen Jing didn't like his wife at all, and all the changes happened after Master Xuanji entered the house.
It is said that since Mrs. Chen met Master Xuanji, she began to gradually become more beautiful, more beautiful than all the concubines in the house combined, so Chen Jing doted on her again..."
