Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Di Gong was surprised. Although he didn't believe in the theory that ghosts summoned people's names to find substitutes, it was clear that someone in this ancient Taoist temple was talking about him, maybe they were still plotting against him. Duke Dee shrugged his shoulders, went back to the stairs at the end of the corridor, carefully identified the way, and found a row of windows in the far distance of the corridor on the right. —The warehouse is just at the end of that corridor. The door of the warehouse was ajar, and the dim candlelight leaked out. It seemed that someone was talking inside. Di Gong went in and looked very disappointed. Two Taoist priests were locking the cage where the props and costumes were placed.

Duke Dee noticed that the round white helmet was already hanging on the wall on the left, and the sword scabbard that had been empty had also been inserted with a sword. He asked the old Taoist priest, "Did you see that actor named Momo come into this warehouse?" "No. We're just coming in, sir. Maybe he's been here and gone." Di Gong didn't ask any more questions.The young Taoist priest looked like an evil spirit with a hideous face.He looked at Dee with suspicious and hostile eyes.Di Gong had no choice but to leave the warehouse and follow the same path back to his room.

In the room the ladies were playing dominoes, and there were three missing one.The third lady clapped her hands and said: "It's just in time, it's just in time." Di Gongdao: "The abbot of the Guanli, Zhenzhi Zhenren, has prepared a fasting offering and invited me to come and have a gathering. Sun Yiming, the master of the Qing Dynasty who was favored by the former emperor, lives here. I have to pay a courtesy visit." Mrs. Di said: "Then I have to accompany you to visit Mrs. Sun?" Di Gong said with a smile: "Sun Tianshi is a Quanzhen Taoist and has no wife. He is no different from Huoju Taoist. He has a wife after leaving home. Quickly bring me my new dress and let me change it."

Mrs. Di stood up and opened the suitcase, found the aqua blue brocade gown and handed it to Duke Di.Di Gong change it.Just as I was about to go out, I suddenly thought of something, and turned back and said: "I see that this temple is not peaceful, and there are many strange things. After I leave, you lock the door and the door at the other end of the corridor. If Someone you don't know knocks on the door; don't answer, let alone open the door." Di Gong came to Tao Gan's room, and Tao Gan was already waiting in the room.Di Gong asked in a low voice: "Has Momo gone to Guan Lai's ovary?"

Tao Gan replied: "No. Just as you left, Miss Ouyang arrived on her heels. She took off her costume, she was still so pretty and quiet, with delicate skin, but I saw that she didn't look like a white rose. I believe we met in the corridor. It's really White Rose, don't you hear that she speaks softly and melodiously? Miss Ouyang's voice is hoarse. Besides, Miss Ouyang is much thinner than White Rose, and lacks a charming attitude. " "But the woman we met couldn't see her left arm moving. She herself said that she was bitten by a bear. Isn't this the same scene as Miss Ouyang dancing on the stage? Oh, what did she say?"

"She was silent. I asked her if Zong Li had ever talked to her in the hall. She just smiled and said Mr. Zong was an annoying person. I blamed her for leaving without saying goodbye when the conversation was not over, and she was too. Smile, don't give a positive answer." "Someone's fooling us! Taogan, did they talk about Momo afterward?" "They said that Momo looked very ugly, behaved strangely, was not easy to get along with people, and was very annoying. They also said that he seemed to have taken a fancy to Miss Dingxiang, but Miss Dingxiang only thought he was a toad who wanted to eat swan meat. He There is no longevity in doing things, let’s talk about this troupe, he joins suddenly and quits suddenly, when he joins, he always likes to play monsters, ghosts, treacherous officials and thieves, and when he quits, his footprints are uncertain, and he doesn’t know what to do.”

Di Gongdao: "Momo seems to be a very dangerous person. Could it be that the woman we met in the corridor just escaped from Momo's hands, so she looked so flustered. I thought about seeing it from the window of the east building. That strange phenomenon must be related to Momo, but who is that woman? Neither Miss Ouyang nor Bai Meigui has a broken left arm! Tao Gan, do you know that there are other women submerged in this temple?" "Master, apart from the women we saw: Miss Ouyang, Miss Dingxiang, Bai Meigui, Mrs. Bao, and Mrs. Guan, there are no other women living in the temple."

Di Gong said angrily: "Don't forget that we only saw a small part of Chaoyun Temple. God knows what happened in those closed temples, pavilions, holy halls, and huts? Zong Li also mentioned Tao Gan, we don’t even have a sketch map of Chaoyun Temple! I’m going to visit Tianshi Sun, you’d better hang out with Guan Laizi and his gang of actors to find out new situations. If there is no trace, he will stare at him, and Hugh will let him slip." Daoist Tsing Yi stood in the corridor and waited for Di Gong.Through the window, it was pitch black outside, the rain was still falling, and the wind pierced in through the gap of the window, Duke Dee only felt chills.