Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 65 He is coming

When the old lady heard that Lan was going to take Qiuxuan to Ganquan Temple, she was a little puzzled: "Why would you want to burn incense for no reason?"

She had just given orders, asking the maids to stay at home obediently this month.

"Xuan'er was scared when she fell into the water and she keeps having nightmares. The Ghost Festival is coming soon, and my daughter-in-law wants to go and worship Buddha to feel at ease."

The Ghost Festival was just around the corner, and when Qiuxuan said she had dreamed of a water ghost, Lan immediately thought of taking her to burn incense.

The old lady agreed when she heard it: "Ganquan Temple is convenient, let's go."

"The Sixth Miss is here."

Qiu Heng stepped in: "Grandma, second aunt, second sister."

"Yes." The old lady responded modestly.

Qiu Heng came closer and asked, "Grandma, did you mention Ganquan Temple just now?"

The old lady's eyelids twitched.

Lan smiled and said, "Ganquan Temple is nearby. Second aunt just told your grandmother that she wants to take your second sister to Ganquan Temple to burn incense."

Qiu Heng immediately grabbed the old lady's sleeve and said, "Grandma, I want to go with my second sister."

"No." The old lady refused without hesitation and pulled her sleeves out.

No twitching.

Qiu Heng pulled the old lady's sleeve tighter: "Ever since I jumped into the river on the Qixi Festival, I've been feeling anxious for no reason. Grandma, please let my second sister and I go together. I will follow my second aunt well."

The old lady's face changed slightly.

Was there something abnormal happening after Liu Yatou fell into the water?

Hiss—could the two girls really be entangled in something?
When the old lady thought of this, she secretly pulled her sleeves out.

Still no twitching.

"Grandma, just agree to it."

Lan also said, "Madam, let Heng'er go with you. Your daughter-in-law will take good care of them."

The old lady couldn't stand it any longer: "Go, go."

You unlucky girl, let go of me now!
Qiu Heng let go of the old lady's sleeve and smiled sweetly: "Thank you, grandma."

There was no need to prepare too much when going to Ganquan Temple. After leaving Qiansongtang, Lan took the two of them out and they arrived in less than half an hour.

There are many pilgrims in Ganquan Temple, and the hall is filled with rich sandalwood.

Lan took Qiuheng and Qiuxuan to burn incense and donated some money, planning to have a vegetarian meal before returning.

Spend more time in places like this to get rid of evil spirits.

"The vegetarian food at Ganquan Temple is very famous. Heng'er hasn't tried it yet, right?"

"No."

"Then try it today. If you like it, Second Aunt will bring you here again—" Lan's smile froze and she looked forward.

She was a middle-aged woman with a haggard look, surrounded by several maids and old women.

Qiu Xuan lowered her eyes slightly to hide the ripples in her eyes.

It’s the wife of Marquis Xiping!

Lan subconsciously stood in front of Qiu Heng and Qiu Xuan and greeted them in a light tone: "Madam Hou."

The wife of Marquis Xiping reacted even colder. She nodded slightly and walked past him.

Arriving at the guest room, Lan's face darkened: "They plotted against us first, and now that we see each other today, it seems as if we have let down their family."

After seeing the annoying people, Lan no longer had the mood to stay for vegetarian meal and promised to bring the two of them over again tomorrow.

When the wife of Marquis Xiping returned to the mansion, she met her youngest son Zhao Si walking out.

"Mother." Zhao Si greeted her coldly without stopping.

"Where are you going at this hour?"

"Go out for a walk."

Lady Xiping was annoyed by her son's indifference, and she also felt upset when she met Lan: "You have a gloomy face all day long. Do you wish your mother would pay for her life with that vixen?"

Zhao Si's expression became even colder: "Son, that's not what I meant." "If that's not what I meant, why are you making a fuss? Mother is doing this for your own good, why don't you understand!"

The people around her are all her confidants, some of whom are even the executors who drugged her cousin, so Lady Xiping Hou does not need to hide anything.

"For my own good? My mother wouldn't do that if it was for my own good!"

He likes his cousin.

His mother despised his cousin because of her low birth, so he agreed to marry a wife first and then take his cousin in.

Unexpectedly, the marriage with the second daughter of the Yongqing Marquis's mansion failed, and my mother asked my cousin to have an abortion, saying that if the second wife of the Yongqing Marquis's mansion could find out about it, then other families could do the same. Once my cousin gave birth to the child, this hidden danger would never be solved.

He didn't see how his cousin drank the medicine, as his mother stopped him from getting close. When he saw her again, his cousin had become a cold corpse.

My cousin is dead!

My mother had clearly agreed to let my cousin give birth to the child secretly, but when the marriage proposal with the Yongqing Earl's Mansion was discovered by the other party, she broke her promise and caused my cousin to lose her life!

"You still don't understand your mother's painstaking efforts?" Lady Xipinghou's voice trembled with anger. "I was irritated by you at home, and when I went out, I met that annoying person from the Lan family. What a sin I have committed!"

The wife of Marquis Xiping walked away, leaving Zhao Si in a daze.

Lan? The mother of Miss Qiu Er?

During that visit, he had met both Miss Qiu Er and her daughter.

Zhao Si stopped the last maid and asked where the wife of Marquis Xiping had gone that day.

"Madam Hou went to Ganquan Temple and met the second wife of Yongqing Marquis's Mansion who was going to burn incense with her daughter."

Ganquan Temple—Zhao Si muttered to himself, his eyes frighteningly cold.

The next day, Qiuheng and Qiuxuan followed Lan to Ganquan Temple again.

"Mom, I'm taking Sixth Sister for a walk around the temple."

Lan hesitated for a moment, not wanting to spoil her daughter's fun: "Go ahead, and don't let the maid leave."

There are tall trees, quiet bamboo forests, ponds and rocks everywhere in the temple.

Qiu Xuan looked around casually, her voice so soft that only Qiu Heng beside her could hear it: "I wonder if that person will come."

According to her analysis, whether that person was Zhao Si or not, since he wanted to kill her, he would have paid attention to her movements. And with a little attention, it would not be difficult to know that she had been to Ganquan Temple for two consecutive days.

Will that person...take the bait?
Qiu Xuan wasn't sure, but she could only use herself as bait and try this stupid method.

Sixth sister said that the man had tried to kill someone but failed, so he was most likely being swayed by his emotions and continuing to do it during this period. But once he calms down over time, it will be hard to say what he will do.

If she hadn't attracted that person, she would have had to stay at home as much as possible and be very scared when she went out.

She did nothing wrong, and she was unwilling to accept this outcome. She only hoped that God would be kind and let her be lucky once.

"Even if they come, they won't take action seeing so many people." Qiu Heng said softly.

"Sixth sister, let's do as we agreed."

Qiu Heng nodded slightly and said in a loud voice: "Second sister, I'll go wash my hands."

When you go out, washing your hands and changing your clothes are euphemisms for going to the bathroom.

Not long after Qiu Heng took Fang Zhou away, Qiu Xuan sent her maid to get some vegetarian snacks.

"How can a girl do this alone?"

Qiu Xuan pointed at the pilgrims not far away and said, "There are people everywhere. The Sixth Miss will be back soon."

After the maid left, Qiu Xuan paced around to admire the scenery and unknowingly came to the edge of the bamboo forest.

Green bamboos that are thicker than bowls are connected to each other, giving a feeling of covering the sky and blocking the sun.

Qiu Xuan did not step in. She sat with her back to the bamboo forest, staring into the sky in a daze.

The clouds change like the unpredictable human heart.

Will that person come? Is he spying on her?
Qiu Xuan was thinking silently, when suddenly a hand reached out from behind, covered her mouth, and dragged her into the bamboo forest.

The girl quietly loosened her hands, which had been clenched tightly due to nervousness.

he came.

(End of this chapter)