The man covered his eyes, and as soon as he howled, another man stepped forward and covered his mouth: "What's going on?"
The one who fell down said angrily: "Damn it! Someone inside threw a stone and hit me in the eye."
The one who covered his mouth helped him up and started to leave: "Let's not go. He could hit his eyes in the middle of the night. Maybe they hired a master to protect him."
There was blood under the man's eye sockets, and his eyeballs were obviously blown out. He was not willing to give up.
He waved him away and took out a fire seal from his arms: "What a master, I've been lying on the wall observing all day, and I know exactly who is inside. I want the lives of their whole nunnery to compensate me for this. Only eyes!”
Seeing that he could not be persuaded, the one who covered his mouth simply ran away.
The man circled the nunnery and waited for a while.
When Ning Yue saw the man walking towards her, she hurriedly hid in the space and watched through the eyes of the ghost soldiers.
But the man went straight to the mountain gate and took off the wind lantern hanging at the door. There was some tung oil in it.
He spread tung oil evenly on the dry firewood, lit it, and threw it into the corner of the nunnery where the firewood was stored.
But as soon as he threw it in, it was blocked and almost landed on him.
Now, the man was no longer calm.
It can be said that it was a coincidence that he was hit in the eye. With his current posture, it is obvious that there is really an expert inside.
He turned around and wanted to run.
However, as soon as he lifted his feet, his knees suddenly softened and he fell to the ground.
A person jumped up on the wall. He couldn't see clearly in the darkness, but he could only make out a petite figure.
But Ning Yue sees with ghost eyes and can see clearly in the dark.
She clearly saw that she was an old woman.
She has a stooped figure, white hair, and wrinkles on her face.
She thought it was a ghost soldier who took action, but unexpectedly, it was an old woman? !
Where did this old woman come from?
Is it the nanny Li who poured water just now?
Ning Yue was shocked, but the old woman jumped off the wall with a lightness that was completely inconsistent with her age, and caught up with the thief in a few steps.
She didn't even use the weapon. She pressed her hands on both sides of his head and twisted it hard. With a click, the old woman let go and the little thief fell softly.
Ning Yue’s pupils were shocked!
This old woman is so domineering!
The old woman picked up one of the thief's legs, like a mop, and effortlessly dragged the thief's body toward the direction where her accomplices had escaped.
Probably to dispose of the body.
Or, kill the accomplices as well.
Ning Yue suddenly remembered that when Ying Xianqing fell into the water, she saw the number of ghost soldiers increasing and she had visited Pude Temple once.
At that time, I heard Zhi'an mention that she had rescued an old homeless woman, and it seemed that she was the one.
How could she be so skilled that she was kicked out of the house by her son, and had nowhere to go and was forced to drown herself in a river?
She hides her special skills and hides here. If she is not a good person, she will never allow people with evil intentions to stay here.
She took out five thousand-tael silver notes from the space, pressed them down with a stone, and placed them on the threshold of the mountain gate.
Then wait and see.
After waiting for a long time, the old woman came back alone.
Then jump in from the wall.
Ning Yue was annoyed that she had misplaced her banknote.
There was a squeak.
The old woman actually opened the mountain door from the inside again.
She was holding a new wind lantern, and as soon as she took a step forward, she saw the banknotes weighed down by stones under her feet.
She picked up the banknotes, hung up the new lantern, took two more steps, and looked around.
When she found no one, she turned around and went back.
There was no surprise or hesitation in the whole process.
Then there was a knock on the door, and Ning Yue heard Zhi'an's surprised voice: "Grandma Li, where did you get the banknote?"
The old voice sounded again: "I don't know, the wind lamp was damaged by the wind. When I went to replace the lamp, I saw it on the threshold. I don't know which kind person put it there."
In this dynasty, a family with 1,000 taels was considered a middle-class family.
Ordinary people earn about 100 taels of silver a day, and 3 taels of silver a month is pretty good. 5,000 taels of silver is enough for ordinary people to earn for more than a hundred years, and people at the bottom will only earn less.
She actually handed it in without hesitation.
It seems that, at the very least, she is not looking for money.
After Granny Li gave her the money, she went back to her room.
It's said to be my own room, but actually I share a big bed with several children.
She tucked several children in, then took off her clothes, took one of her children and fell asleep.
When taking care of her children, the tenderness in her eyes does not seem to be fake.
Moreover, she was unaware of Ning Yue's presence and had no need to act.
Therefore, she probably didn't want to harm the people in the nunnery.
Ning Yue only needs to make sure that she is not harboring evil intentions, and she doesn't care about the rest.
She circled back to Zhi'an's room.
As expected, the two nuns were digging a hole again.
Ning Yue and Ying Xianqing combined had given more than 3,000 taels before.
Wealth and silk moved people's hearts. Previously, they were worried that the two masters would lose their sincerity in front of money and did not dare to give too much.
But judging from the increasing number of ghost soldiers, they were actually saving people, and she was completely relieved. As long as nothing unexpected happens, these 8,000 taels can last for ten to twenty years.
Now that this expert mother-in-law lives here, the safety problem has been solved.
Ning Yue is enjoying herself here.
Ying Xianqing's eyes turned red.
Ning Yue didn't come back for a long time, so he got up and quietly went out to look around, but no one was there.
He was so anxious that he picked up You Ren's collar: "The princess hasn't given up yet?"
You Ren said that he was wronged: "I saw with my own eyes that the princess was fooled by the fake Taoist priest, and she immediately gave up on the young master. How could she lie? Could it be...she ran away?"
Ying Xianqing didn't believe she just left.
For fear of alerting the officials, we couldn't search in a big way.
Just as he was anxious, Yuchuan came back.
He frowned: "Xianqing, no evidence of crime was found in the Lu family and the Zhou family. Their home was the same as when the Ying family was ransacked that day. Everything was missing."
Ying Xianqing was startled.
It's ridiculous enough that everything in the house disappeared in a short period of time, but it happened one after another.
All happened after Ning Yue came to him.
He thought of the unusually sweet water she had given him.
The energy surged through her body as she pressed her cheek against his.
Also, she said that she dreamed that Zhao Dali was rescued by someone, but he was actually rescued.
Everyone is normal, but she is a mystery.
So, is it her?
Youchuan continued to report: "A strange thing happened in Baiyu County. When I came back, I intercepted a carrier pigeon and found a note."
As he spoke, he handed over a small bamboo tube.
Ying Xianqing took it, poured out a small piece of paper, unfolded it, and it read: "All the 60,000 stones of grain stored are missing."
He narrowed his eyes.
The entire grain storage near Kyoto is less than 700,000 koku, but here in this small Baiyu County, there are 60,000 koku of grain, and there was no clue about it before.
These 60,000 shi of grain require at least nearly 40,000 grain-producing farmers to supply them.
60,000 dan can supply another 10,000 soldiers and horses for more than a month.
In this small Baiyu County, there is a lot of mystery hidden in the dark.
Baiyu County cannot save so much in one year. Did Magistrate Zhou plan it for many years, or were there other forces involved?
Does this happen elsewhere?
Ying Xianqing fell into deep thought for a moment.
Ning Yue returned to the resting place, still thinking about Granny Li, when a hand suddenly stretched out from beside her and pulled her behind the tree, her voice was suppressed: "Where have you been?"
Ning Yue was so frightened that she took a closer look and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was Ying Xianqing: "Don't hide behind and scare people, okay?"
Ying Xianqing said nothing and stared at her intently, his eyes full of inquiry.
Ning Yue felt guilty after being stared at: "I ate too much at night and was so full that I went out for a walk."
Ying Xianqing almost searched the area just now, but couldn't see her.
But he didn't expose it, but said: "It's too late, go to bed quickly."
Ning Yue agreed twice and got back into the carriage obediently.
She closed her eyes and took a look into the space. The paper makers were already busy building a new house.
Only then did he feel relieved and fell into a dark dream.
