This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 168 Seeking help in the temple!

In late autumn, petals fall everywhere.

The entire city of Lin'an is exceptionally quiet in this bleak season.

The gloomy atmosphere during the national mourning period still shrouds the entire city.

This morning.

Luo Zijun got up early, changed into a plain white Confucian robe, and after having breakfast, waited in the courtyard.

Soon, there was a knock on the door.

Xiaohuan hurried over to open the door.

Hua'er said outside the door: "Mr. Luo, let's go, the master, the mistress, and the third lady are all ready."

The heads of the four major families will all go to the Guanyin Temple to pray for blessings.

But only a few maids and servants were brought with them to avoid making the journey too crowded and making it difficult to manage with too many people, which might lead to mistakes.

After all, it is the inner city and close to the palace.

And now it is still a period of national mourning.

Luo Zijun asked Xiaohuan to go to Suguo Mansion to accompany her sister and only took Zhiyuan with her when she went out.

When I arrived at the front yard, Bai Qingtong just happened to come from the backyard.

She was wearing a plain white dress today, and she was tall, elegant, and graceful. Apart from Huaer, she did not bring any other servants with her.

"The gentleman looks even more elegant, handsome and suave in his white clothes."

As soon as they met, Bai Qingtong praised with a smile.

Luo Zijun also praised back, "Miss Third looks even more elegant and beautiful in her white dress."

Bai Qingtong chuckled, then quickly covered her mouth to hide her smile, and said, "Sir, I am telling the truth."

Luo Zijun said seriously: "Miss Third, what I said is also true."

Bai Qingtong smiled. Seeing that his father, mother, second uncle, aunt and others had come out of the front hall, he did not dare to joke with them anymore. He whispered, "Sir, when you go out, talk less and be serious."

After saying that, he immediately went over to greet the elders.

Everyone in the Bai family had a serious look on their faces. After seeing Luo Zijun, they just nodded slightly and then walked towards the gate together.

The maids and guards following behind also lowered their heads, had gloomy faces, and were serious.

This time, the master of the Bai family, servants, coachmen and guards, a total of only thirty people were traveling.

Luo Zijun took Zhiyuan and several maids and got on the carriage at the back.

The elders of the Bai family rode in one car.

Bai Qingtong and the younger generation rode in one car.

There were only three carriages in total.

Everyone was silent, and even if they spoke, they spoke in low voices with serious faces.

The carriage started moving.

After leaving the alley and coming to the street outside, I sped up a little.

The streets were exceptionally empty and deserted.

Although the shops on both sides were open, they were hung with white cloth and looked deserted.

There are even fewer pedestrians.

The whole city was exceptionally quiet and solemn.

Half an hour later.

The carriage turned into a spacious and empty bluestone avenue with no shops.

There are quite a few soldiers patrolling here.

Luo Zijun lifted the curtain and took a look, and his heart completely relaxed.

When he knew he was going to come to the Guanyin Temple that day, he was still a little worried.

After all, the two previous times he was raped by the flower thief were both in temples, so when he heard Miss Bai San say that she was going to the Guanyin Temple, he couldn't help but feel scared.

But when I thought about it carefully, I realized that I was worrying too much.

First, this is not outside the city, but the inner city. Even if the flower thief is given a few more courage, he dare not do anything wrong here.

Second, the Guanyin Temple is next to the royal palace, and there are waves of patrolling soldiers. Even if the flower thief sneaks in, what can he do?

Third, he didn't spend the night in the temple. Could the flower thief have knocked him out and played with him in broad daylight?

Fourth, he is no longer the same person he used to be. He is now a fifth-level warrior, a master who cultivates both body and soul!
Fifth, now is a period of national mourning. Even if the flower thief is very bold, he would not choose to act at this time.

Sixth, he never acts alone!

With these six points, what else is there for him to fear? He is not afraid even with his eyes closed!
Soon, the carriage slowly stopped.

Luo Zijun lifted the curtain and took a look, and found that the Guanyin Temple in front of him was unusually large.

It’s even bigger than Hanshan Temple.

On the road ahead, the Jia family’s carriage had already arrived.

The Jia family's travels were always grand, but this time they only brought more than forty people.

When the two families met, they spoke in low voices with solemn expressions.

The younger generation also nodded slightly.

The maids and servants stood not far away, with their heads lowered, silent as a mouse.

After a while, the carriages from the Shi family and the Xue family arrived.

These two families brought even fewer people, only about twenty people in total including the masters and servants.

Luo Zijun had already gotten off the carriage with Zhiyuan and stood under a big tree nearby, silently observing the people from the four major families.

It seemed that Jia Tanchun and all the sisters of the Jia family had arrived.

But Jia Baoyu did not see it.

As soon as the sisters Jia Tanchun and Jia Yingchun got off the carriage, they looked towards the Bai family. When they saw him, their eyes lit up.

Jia Yingchun blushed and lowered her head.

Jia Tanchun raised her hand and waved at him as a greeting.

Lin Daiyu, who was following behind him, was staring at him secretly.

After the elders of the four major families talked for a while at the door, they walked towards the gate of the Guanyin Temple together.

It is called Guanyin Temple, but it is more appropriate to call it Guanyin Temple.

Because there are nuns living there.

However, even when people from the four major families came here, there were no nuns coming to greet them at the door.

But after entering, an old nun came over and said a few words, then took the group to the Guanyin statue hall. Luo Zijun and Zhiyuan followed the crowd at the end and entered the door.

As they were walking in the corridor, Tanchun's maid Cui Mo suddenly came to Luo Zijun's side and whispered, "Master Luo, my young lady has something to discuss with you. Please wait in the Child-Giving Guanyin Temple at the back."

After saying that, she lowered her head and walked away quickly.

"The Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth?"

Luo Zijun glanced at the backyard, but didn't know where it was.

At this moment, Cui Mo, who had walked away, turned around, looked at him, then walked down the steps and went to the backyard.

At this time, the nobles from the four major families all entered the main hall and began to kneel down.

The maids and servants stood in the corridor outside with their heads lowered, in silence.

Luo Zijun took the kite and quietly left from the back, walked around and went to the backyard.

As soon as he entered the round gate, he saw Cui Mo standing at the door of a side hall, waving at him.

Luo Zijun walked over immediately.

Cui Mo turned and entered the side hall and lit the sandalwood in the incense burner on the altar.

When Luo Zijun came in with the kite, Cui Mo had just inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then whispered to him: "Mr. Luo, wait here for a while. My lady will come over when she is done."

Luo Zijun nodded and asked, "Why didn't Brother Baoyu come today?"

Cui Mo whispered, "I got beaten yesterday. My butt was almost broken."

Luo Zijun asked: "Why?"

Cui Mo hesitated for a moment, but then she thought that her young lady still had something to ask of the young man, so she stopped hiding it: "The day before yesterday, he went to Madam's place, and while Madam was sleeping, he played with Jin Chuan'er, and was discovered by Madam. Madam drove Jin Chuan'er away, and then..."

Luo Zijun said: "Then the little maid jumped into the well and committed suicide, and Master Zheng beat Brother Baoyu in a rage, right?"

Cui Mo's eyes widened immediately: "How did Master Luo know this?"

Luo Zijun sighed and did not answer.

Cui Mo whispered again: "Because it was a period of national mourning, the second master was very angry. If the old ancestor hadn't come out to stop him, I'm afraid he would have been beaten to death."

Then he added: "Mr. Luo, you can't tell anyone else about this."

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "I know the seriousness of the matter."

Cui Mo looked at him deeply and thought to herself: No wonder my young lady, the second young lady and Miss Lin all trust and praise this Mr. Luo so much, could it be that he really can tell fortunes?
At this time, another little maid came in. After seeing Luo Zijun, she knelt down with a plop and cried, "Master Luo, please save my young lady!"

The little maid was called Siqi. She was Jia Yingchun’s maid, whom Luo Zijun had met before.

"Ms. Tanchun said that only Mr. Luo can save my young lady. Please, please save my young lady. These past few days, my young lady wanted to jump into the well every day, but we stopped her... Woo..."

Siqi's face was covered with tears as she kowtowed and begged.

Luo Zijun hurried over to help her up and comforted her, "Don't cry yet, we'll discuss it when they come."

Siqi cried and said, "My young lady has always remembered the two poems that the young master wrote for her. After hearing that she was going to marry into the Sun family, she has been resisting, but... we have sent people to inquire these days, and it turns out that the man surnamed Sun is not a good person. The maids and nannies in the family, even the wet nurse, the laundry worker, and the cook, were all raped by him, and several of them were beaten to death. Woo... We would rather accompany our young lady to jump into the well than marry that beast..."

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, I won't let your young lady fall into that fire pit."

Siqi suddenly knelt down and cried, "Master, the master is determined to let the young lady get married. Miss Tanchun said there is only one way..."

"Siqi!"

At this moment, Jia Tanchun's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "I am saying this, you can't force Mr. Luo."

Jia Tanchun, wearing a plain white dress, walked in from the door alone.

"Go guard outside."

She ordered in a deep voice.

Siqi wiped her tears, got up from the ground, turned around, walked out the door and stood outside.

Zhiyuan and Cui Mo also followed him out.

The hall fell silent.

Jia Tanchun looked at the elegant and handsome young man in a white robe with a complicated look in her eyes. After a moment of silence, she sighed, "Mr. Luo is truly a god. The words he said to Yingchun and the two poems he wrote for her have all come true today."

Luo Zijun sighed and said, "I was just guessing, but who knew it would actually come true."

Jia Tanchun smiled bitterly, and then remained silent for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Since you can predict, do you have a solution?"

Luo Zijun said: "Fight with reason and never give in?"

Jia Tanchun shook her head bitterly: "Parents' orders cannot be disobeyed, Yingchun cannot resist. Unless, she dies. In the past few days, she has tried to commit suicide many times, but her uncle's attitude has not changed at all. Everyone felt distressed when they saw this, and no one dared to persuade her anymore. Even the ancestor sighed, this is Yingchun's fate, what can be done."

There was silence in the room for a while.

Luo Zijun asked, "Is it because the eldest master owes money to the Sun family?"

Jia Tanchun looked at him strangely and asked, "Sir, have you even calculated this?"

Then he said in a deep voice: "Silver is a small matter, we can double the compensation to the Sun family. But...but my uncle owes them more than just silver."

She clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and told everything without hiding anything: "We thought it was just about the money before. After I sent people to investigate secretly, we found that not only did your uncle accept five thousand taels of silver from Sun Shaozu, but he also raped his wives, concubines, and maids together with Sun Shaozu at his home..."

When she said this, her body trembled and her eyes were filled with tears. It was obvious that she was extremely angry and humiliated.

"So, Sun Shaozu asked him for Yingchun, Yingchun's maid, and even Zhuer's wife..."

Luo Zijun sighed and said, "No wonder, no one can persuade him."

Jia Tanchun wiped the tears from her eyes, looked at him and said, "Mr. Luo, you are the only one who can save Yingchun now. My uncle, you are the only one who will listen to him."

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, and then said, "He will listen to me because I can give him the elixirs he wants. I can indeed try with those elixirs, but after listening to what the Third Miss just said, I'm afraid this will be difficult. If Sun Shaozu doesn't agree, I guess the Master won't dare to refuse, after all, he has the upper hand. What the Third Miss said should have happened during the national mourning period, right?"

Jia Tanchun's face changed and she said in a trembling voice, "Yes."

Luo Zijun looked at her and said, "If this matter gets out, not only will the eldest master be beheaded, but I'm afraid your entire Jia family will also..."

Jia Tanchun's face suddenly turned pale and her body trembled.

The room was silent for a long time.

Jia Tanchun said with an unpleasant expression: "Master Luo, is there no other way to deal with this matter? Are we just going to watch Yingchun and Siqi fall into the tiger's mouth?"

Luo Zijun pondered for a moment and said, "Sun Shaozu is also afraid that his adultery will be exposed. If it gets out, his Sun family will still be in danger. So this matter can still be resolved. After I meet the master, I will talk to him in person. If we can reach an agreement, that would be the best."

Jia Tanchun looked at him and said, "What if we can't come to an agreement?"

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then said, "If we can't come to an agreement, I'll think of other ways."

Jia Tanchun asked frustratedly, "Is there any other way?"

Luo Zijun glanced at her, then glanced at the other figures outside the door, and said, "Yes."

Jia Tanchun's originally dim eyes suddenly brightened up: "Is there any other way?"

Luo Zijun did not answer, but said calmly: "Miss Tanchun, don't worry, since I have agreed to help in this matter, I will never let Miss Yingchun fall into the tiger's mouth. No matter what the process is, there is only one result, that is to prevent this tragedy from happening... I will do it."

Tears suddenly welled up in Jia Tanchun's eyes. She looked at him deeply and said, "Mr. Luo, fortunately... Yingchun met you..."

Luo Zijun sighed inwardly: In fact, I am also very lucky to have met you...

(End of this chapter)