Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 30 Yunjian Temple, Miss Xiaer
"These are the banknotes I exchanged from Paradise Tower last night. Take a look, they're all brand new."

Within six doors.

Lu Xiaofeng handed the stack of banknotes in his hand to Jiang Long and Luo Ma.

Jiang Long grabbed a few and looked through them, saying, "They are indeed brand new, and I have seen the serial numbers on them before. They are obviously fake banknotes."

Luo Ma said, "So, this Paradise Tower is the source of the counterfeit banknotes! Lu Xiaofeng, where is this tower? Let's send someone to rob it right away!"

Lu Xiaofeng curled his lips and took the two of them out of the city to the place where they were put into the coffin last night.

But no matter how hard he looked nearby, he could not find any clues or traces.

Luo Ma's face turned grim: "Call two teams of detectives over here and search them thoroughly!"

Lu Xiaofeng didn't think they could find any clues by searching so hard.

After thinking about what happened last night, he turned and left and came to Yunjian Temple.

Yunjian Temple is not a famous large temple, but it has obviously got some tricks to survive near the capital.

At the entrance of Yunjian Temple, an old woman set up a stall, selling various Buddhist beads and bracelets.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng took out the bracelet he had obtained last night and asked, "Old lady, have you ever seen a bracelet like this?"

The old woman took one look and said, "Your bracelet is too ordinary. You can find the same ones everywhere."

"Oh?"

Lu Xiaofeng retracted the bracelet and looked inside the temple. He saw a quiet and peaceful place with few people around. He couldn't help but frown. "Although this Yunjian Temple isn't a famous temple, I've heard a little bit about it. Why are there so few monks in the temple?"

The old woman said, "Yesterday was the Lantern Festival. There were so many people coming to the temple to burn incense and pray that the monks were exhausted. So the abbot gave them a few days off."

"Ah?" Lu Xiaofeng was surprised: "Monks are on holiday?"

The old woman stopped talking immediately.

In fact, although Yunjian Temple is called a temple, it is just like a shop, and the monks in the temple are actually the shop assistants.

The Lantern Festival is a good time to do business. For the sake of business, many shops do not allow their employees to go home and rest on this day.

To compensate, there are usually days off in the following days.

Yunjian Temple also follows this tradition.

However, this kind of thing is better understood in the heart than spoken out loud.

What's more, the old woman was setting up a stall in front of someone else's temple, which was even more unacceptable.

Lu Xiaofeng thought about it and figured out the reason, and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Hey, Lu Xiaofeng!"

Someone greeted him from behind. Lu Xiaofeng turned around and saw Hua Manlou and Zhou Ming walking towards him.

"Why are you here? Are you here to investigate the case as well?"

"No," Zhou Ming said, "Lao Hua came to see a friend of his, and I followed him here to get to know Lao Hua's friend. But, investigating a case? Could this place be related to the case? Oh, by the way, Yue Qing's ashes are enshrined here!"

Blanch!
Lu Xiaofeng slapped himself lightly: "I told you not to talk too much!"

"Hey, tell me, what clues are there here?"

"If you don't tell me, go check it yourself! Why don't you tell me the clues you have?"

Lu Xiaofeng rejected it directly and changed the subject: "Lao Hua, I also want to meet this friend of yours. Let's go!"

Hua Manlou said, "You two should behave yourself and don't scare Miss Xia'er."

"Xia'er?"

"girl?"

Upon hearing this, the two became very interested.

The two people who were just arguing with each other now tacitly put their hands on Hua Manlou's shoulders.

"You're such a good person, Hua Manlou. You have a friend like this, and we don't even know about it?"

"That's right, they simply don't consider us friends!" Hua Manlou said quickly, "Don't talk nonsense and tarnish her reputation. Xia'er is a good girl, pure and filial."

It turns out that this girl Xia'er is the daughter of Boss Qian.

Boss Qian is the chief manager of Datong Money House. He has lived in the capital for a long time and brought his wife and daughter to the capital a few years ago.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qian contracted leprosy, so Boss Qian arranged for him to stay in a remote room in Yunjian Temple.

Firstly, to avoid infection, and secondly, to ask for Buddha's blessing.

In order to take care of her mother, Xia'er lived with her in Yunjian Temple for many years.

With Boss Qian's status, Xia'er could actually enjoy many treatments of a young lady, but she was willing to endure this hardship for her mother.

It's really filial.

Hua Manlou's father, Hua Ruling, had come to the capital before and specially came to Yunjian Temple to visit Madam Qian.

At that time, Hua Manlou followed his father and got to know Xia'er.

With Hua Manlou's status, he is always surrounded by people who flatter him and try to please him in various ways, but Hua Manlou is blind in his eyes but not in his heart, and can see through the true thoughts of those people.

Xia'er is different. She is gentle but not flattering, and she is approachable but has no other intentions.

After all, in order to take care of her mother, she rarely left Yunjian Temple and had little desire for wealth and glory.

She had never even said a good word about her father, Boss Qian, in front of Hua Manlou.

Only in this way did Hua Manlou recognize this friend.

The Jiangnan Hua family naturally has its roots in Jiangnan.

After Hua Ruling returned to Jiangnan, Hua Manlou took over the capital in his father's place and often came to Yunjian Temple to visit him.

"Ugh!"

Zhou Ming sighed and said, "Lao Hua, I understand! For people like us, it's really hard to make a true and sincere friend! Unlike some people, who have friends all over the world, it's really enviable!"

Lu Xiaofeng said angrily: "What's wrong with me having many friends? How does having many friends bother you?!"

Zhou Mingdao said, "Don't get me wrong. What I mean is that you've made so many friends, but none of them are after your money or want to rely on your power... After all, how can anyone covet or rely on something you don't have?"

Seeing that the two of them were arguing with each other again, Hua Manlou shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, the three of them quickly reached a corner of the temple.

There are three houses here: the kitchen on the left, the living room in the middle, and the bedroom on the right.

Xia'er was drying scriptures in front of the house. Her appearance was not absolutely beautiful, but she was pretty and charming. Although she was the daughter of Boss Qian, she was dressed simply and elegantly.

"Miss Xia'er."

Hua Manlou called out.

The woman shuddered, realizing something. She turned around, her face beaming with joy: "Playboy, you're here again..."

She took a step towards this side, but when she saw the two people beside Hua Manlou, she took a step back and her smile faded a lot.

Zhou Ming and Lu Xiaofeng looked at each other.

confirmed.

It’s hard to say what Hua Manlou feels towards this girl, but this girl is definitely thinking of Hua Manlou in her heart.

To be honest, in Hua Manlou's case, appearance is secondary, and even family background is not important.

After all, he is the seventh son of the Hua family, and he has six older brothers. He is not required to inherit the family property or marry into an alliance.

On the contrary, qualities such as gentleness, care and patience are more important.

Miss Xia'er has been able to take care of her mother in the temple for several years. She is not vain and does not care about wealth. Needless to say, her patience is self-evident.

As for gentleness and attentiveness, I think they are not lacking in them.

Thinking about it this way, this girl Xia'er is a good match for Hua Manlou.

(End of this chapter)