The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 963 Overnight Stay at the Temple

After digging for a long time, they finally opened the burial mound. Meng Shisan stared blankly at the coffin inside: "...Xiao Qing is right, it is indeed related to Meng Shisi."

The coffin, which had been intact when she last visited, had now been completely overturned, revealing a skeleton inside. Meng Shisi's beautiful face, which looked as if he had just been buried, had vanished without a trace.

She couldn't help but wonder if that half-black shadow was Meng Shisi.

Otherwise, the current situation cannot be explained.

The white bones of the male corpse lay alone in the half-empty coffin, a sight that allowed Meng Shisan to quickly climb up into the grave.

She stood on the grave pit and looked down. Apart from the fact that Meng Shisi's body was gone, she still couldn't see any other changes in the overall appearance.

Then... how can she be sure that the shadowy figure is Meng Shisi's missing body?

She thought of Ma Ji.

She didn't even fill the grave mound back with soil, leaving it to its own devices. She returned to the Zhishang Taoist Temple and found Baozhu.

Baozhu asked in surprise, "Does Miss want me to go down the mountain now and bring Old Ma up?"

That's not impossible, but after she goes down the mountain, the young lady will be all alone on the mountain!
How could she leave Miss alone on the mountain?
If anyone in the manor found out about this, she would be cursed to death.

Jin Yin was the first to scold her, and Aunt Shang Chun was the first to not let her off easily!
"Go ahead, I'll stay in the Taoist temple and not go anywhere." Meng Shisan was sitting in a guest room that Baozhu had arranged for her from the head nun. She sat cross-legged casually, just as her words suggested, showing no concern for her own safety.

"Isn't Miss going to the cemetery?" Baozhu felt she needed to ask first.

Meng Shisan nodded: "I won't go for now. I'll go with Ma Ji after you bring him up the mountain."

Since it concerned Meng Shisi, only her old servant Ma Ji could answer her questions.

If Ma Ji doesn't arrive, her going there will be in vain.

Baozhu said "Oh," feeling much relieved: "Then this servant will go down the mountain now to fetch Elder Ma! This servant will definitely go and return as soon as possible!"

"Be careful," Meng Shisan reminded her, not wanting Baozhu's hand to get injured again, even though it had just healed.

Hearing her young mistress's concern, Baozhu grinned and said, "I know!"

After Baozhu left, a young Taoist nun came to add water for Meng Shisan and also brewed her a bowl of tea: "The temple is simple, please forgive any shortcomings in our hospitality, Miss Meng."

Meng Yu shook her head: "No, everything is fine."

She used to have experienced hardship and sleeping in the open, but now this guest room has everything she needs, and it's really quite nice, not just a polite remark.

The young nun, however, felt that Meng Shisan was just being polite. Her impression of Meng Shisan, a noble lady from a wealthy family, immediately rose. She felt that the grandson of the Heavenly Official was not as fierce and arrogant as the rumors in the city. On the contrary, she found him to be very easy to get along with.

"Little Master, my maid has gone down the mountain to find someone. I don't know when she will be back. But tonight, we will definitely need one more person for lodging. It is an old gentleman. I wonder if you can arrange it?" Baozhu went to find Ma Jimu to go up the mountain, while Meng Shisan first arranged Ma Jimu's lodging for the night.

Although Zhishang Taoist Temple is a female-run Taoist temple, there are not only female pilgrims but also male pilgrims who come to the mountain. Therefore, there are female and male guest rooms in the temple.

Meng Shisan and his servant were arranged in the women's quarters. If Ma Ji came up the mountain to spend the night, he would be arranged in the men's quarters. The young nun nodded and said, "Of course, that can be arranged."

"Then please make arrangements now, little nun, so that when they arrive, they will have a place to rest." As Meng Shisan spoke, he took out a few gold beads from the money pouch that Baozhu had left her and stuffed them into the little nun's hand.

The young nun was caught off guard by the sudden influx of gold beads. When she came to her senses, she found five gold beads in her palm. She was stunned for a moment, then said in a panic, "Miss Meng, there are too many gold beads."

Previously, Baozhu had asked the Taoist temple manager to arrange accommodation, and he had given her three gold beads. Now, Meng Shisan has given her five more gold beads, which is indeed too many.

However, Meng Shisan was unsure how long she would have to stay on the mountain because of the grave mound, so he said, "Not long. We don't know how many more days we'll have to stay. Consider these gold and pearls as incense money. If we stay a couple more days, I'll have to add more incense money."

Hearing that Meng Shisan and the others did not yet know when they would return, the panic on the young nun's face gradually faded: "I see. Once the old gentleman that Miss Meng mentioned comes up the mountain to the temple, someone will lead him to the men's quarters on the other side. Miss Meng, you don't need to worry, everything will be arranged properly."

"Thank you for your trouble, young master." Meng Shisan nodded slightly.

The young nun returned the greeting and quickly left the guest room.

Baozhu is a human, and no matter how fast she walks, it would take her quite a while to go down the mountain, take the Meng family's carriage back to the city, and then find Ma Ji at Ma Ji's house.

Fortunately, Ma Ji was at home and hadn't run around, otherwise she would have had to spend even more time looking for him.

So, Baozhu led her horse out of the city and arrived at the foot of Qingbei Mountain at dusk.

The two continued their ascent step by step, until they reached the Taoist temple, where bright lanterns had already been lit both inside and out.

True to her word, the young nun greeted Ma Ji as soon as he stepped into the temple. After confirming that Ma Ji was indeed the old gentleman Meng Shisan had mentioned, she led him to the men's quarters.

After arranging the guest rooms and providing them with all the necessary daily necessities for the stay, she calmly and politely withdrew.

The young nun led Ma Ji to the men's guest room that had been arranged for them, while Baozhu went directly back to the women's guest room that had been arranged for the master and servant, and reported to Meng Shisan.

As soon as Baozhu finished reporting, Ma Ji came from the men's quarters to the women's quarters, and led by another small Taoist priest, he arrived at the door of the room where Meng Shisan was.

The door to the guest room was open, with only a thick curtain hanging down to block out the cold from outside.

Red lanterns lined both sides of the corridor. After the young Taoist nun led Ma Ji to the destination, she left and returned to her original post.

Ma Ji stood outside the corridor door and said, "Young Miss, I've arrived."

Meng Shisan's voice came from inside the passenger compartment: "Come in."

Ma Ji responded with a "okay," then lifted the curtain and entered the room. He was immediately hit by scorching heat. He lowered the curtain and looked inside. As far as he could see, there were several charcoal braziers.

He walked closer and took a closer look. It was silver charcoal that ordinary people couldn't afford, but Meng Shisan was already used to using.

He had visited Zhishang Taoist Temple before and stayed in its guest rooms, but he did not know that silver charcoal existed.

Of course, even though he knew at the time that with the meager earnings he made from magic tricks, he couldn't afford the silver charcoal.

"Sit down." Meng Shisan sat down at the round table in the room, which was covered with hot vegetarian dishes. "These are some vegetarian dishes that Baozhu just brought from the Taoist temple kitchen. It's time for dinner, so why don't you have some vegetarian food with us?"