mesbooks Chapter 303 Super Big Melon
Chapter 303 Super Big Melon
"Soon, people in the city gradually learned that Master Huineng from Anruo Temple had come to Kyoto. He stayed in an inn, staying indoors all day studying Buddhism.
Ah Shui is in the palace. Not only is it difficult for him to know the news outside the palace, but he is also subject to various constraints. I don't have any hope for him.
So, I prayed in my heart, hoping that Li Yifan could hear news about me as soon as possible.
This method worked. I waited for more than half a month and finally saw Li Yifan coming to find me.
But when he saw me, apart from the initial expression of joy at meeting an old friend, he seemed to be worried all the time.
I asked Li Yifan what happened?
I also asked him, "Is Ah Shui okay?"
Li Yifan's expression was both subtle and complex.
He told me that, just as we speculated, A Shui was a woman in the palace, and of extremely noble status!
A Shui was the most beloved concubine of the then emperor, Emperor Taizong of Daliang, Concubine Yun, and she had a son with Taizong.
The original owner of Li Yifan's body was a guard of the Palace Front Department and a bastard of the Jiang family, one of the five great families in Kyoto."
At this point in the story, Luo Xiaoran and Chen Ji had different reactions. One was surprised to learn about such a big piece of news, and the other was happy that his guess had been confirmed.
Luo Xiaoran never expected that Huineng had such a fate with Yun Fei and Jiang Bin twenty years ago!
Before, Zhu Jingxing and Luo Xiaoran talked about Yun Fei, and she thought Yun Fei was a senior time traveler.
But according to Huineng, Yun Fei did not travel through time, Jiang Bin was the third time traveler besides them, although she did not know Jiang Bin.
Chen Ji had previously guessed the identities of A Shui and Li Yifan based on what Huineng and Li Heng said, and his guess now matched what Huineng said!
"I also told Li Yifan that the original owner of this body was a senior monk from Anruo Temple.
Li Yifan immediately said that he came here because he heard that a monk named Huineng came from Beijing. He didn’t expect that the monk Huineng was actually a great monk!
After teasing me, Li Yifan felt a little more relaxed, but there seemed to be some lingering shadow between his brows.
I asked him what he planned to do next.
Li Yifan smiled as if he was relaxed and said that he had been claimed by the Jiang family as Jiang Bin and it would be difficult for him to run away for the time being.
Besides, he is still working in the palace. Disappearing without reason is a serious crime. Even if he has other ideas, he has to proceed slowly.
I nodded in understanding.
Li Yifan has entered Jiang Bin's world. Now that cause and effect have come, how can it be easy to escape?
My identity is that of a monk who can travel whenever he wants. My six senses are pure and I am much freer than him.
I asked about Ah Shui again, wanting to know if she was doing well after returning to the palace.
When talking about this, Li Yifan felt a little melancholy and uncomfortable.
He told me that Taizong doted on A Shui... and doted on Concubine Yun very much, and told me not to worry about Concubine Yun anymore.
I asked him again why he didn't let me follow when the guards came to pick him and Concubine Yun?
Li Yifan does have his own considerations on this point.
He said that at that time he learned from the guards that Concubine Yun and Jiang Bin fell off a cliff in the Royal Forest Garden and their lives and deaths were unknown, so Emperor Taizong sent many people out to look for them.
He felt that there was a conspiracy. Otherwise, a concubine who was so favored by the emperor should have a group of people serving and protecting her. How could she fall off a cliff for no reason?
Therefore, he and Yun Fei chose to hide my existence first. Since they had been dragged into the incident and the outcome of the road ahead was unknown, they decided not to expose me to others and get involved in this vortex.
If anything unexpected happens after they return to the palace, I won't be implicated.
Of course, this was just Li Yifan's own judgment. He gave me the right to choose and asked me whether I wanted to let Emperor Taizong know of my existence as Concubine Yun's savior.
I thought about it and declined.
As a modern person who knows nothing about this place, if I step into that circle, I'm afraid I won't even know how I would die in the end.
When Li Yifan heard my answer, he laughed and sighed, saying that he knew I was a low-key person and didn't want to get involved in those troubles. In this respect, I was indeed like a monk.
I heard a hint of envy in his tone and asked him if he was in trouble.
Is it because he is not used to life in ancient times, or is it very difficult to dress up as Jiang Bin?
Li Yifan shook his head and said that he had been working in the palace recently, so he was a little tired. He envied me for being free outside the palace and not having to go to work.
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After successfully connecting with Li Yifan, I moved out of the inn and rented a small house with an entrance and exit.
Considering that, on the one hand, I also want to visit the capital of Daliang, and on the other hand, I have not yet decided what kind of lifestyle I will choose in the future, I will stay in Kyoto for the time being.
Ever since I moved into the courtyard, Jiang Bin often came over to secretly drink with me when he was not on duty.
The two of us would sometimes talk about Concubine Yun. Li Yifan said that Concubine Yun still cared about the two of us, but because of her special identity, even if she met us, the three of us could never go back to the days of wandering before.
This is inevitable, and I have always been aware of this.
Once, Jiang Bin drank a little too much and accidentally said that Taizong's queen Lin Yueyi was not favored. Therefore, he hated Concubine Yun very much and even wanted to kill her.
After hearing this, I was very worried.
But when Li Yifan sobered up, I asked him about it again, but he denied that he had said it.
I saw that he was unwilling to talk more, and I knew that given his self-centered personality, the more I asked him, the less he would answer, so I decided to put the matter aside for the time being, but I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
After that, Li Yifan didn't come to see me for a long time, and I felt more and more uneasy.
Several times, I even wanted to sneak into the Jiang family to look for him, but I was afraid that he was working in the palace and I would be disappointed.
A few days later, news of the sudden death of Concubine Yun, the most favored concubine in the harem, spread in Kyoto.
When I heard people in the inn talking about this shocking news, I could hardly believe my ears.
But this was the ancient times with strict hierarchy. If Concubine Yun had not really passed away, how could the common people have the audacity to discuss this matter secretly?
My reason tells me that Concubine Yun may have really passed away.
Realizing this, a huge surge of anger filled my mind.
I have to find Li Yifan and ask him clearly. Isn't he a guard in the palace? Why didn't he protect Concubine Yun?
I spent some time preparing, sticking on a wig, and bribing the person who went to the Jiang family to collect swill every day, so that I could enter the Jiang family for him.
I paid money to ask the kitchen servants whether Jiang Bin was at home, but I kept getting the news that he was not at home. If this continues, even the person who was replaced by me to collect swill will suspect that I had ulterior motives for entering the Jiang family. "