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Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

The corridor was dark, except for a semi-bright oil lamp hanging around the corner.Di Gong walked slowly, looking back from time to time, for fear that someone would plot against him again, but the surroundings were completely silent, and even his own voice of venting his anger could be heard faintly. At this moment, Di Gong's heart was in a mess and he couldn't make sense of it.What Miss Dingxiang told him made him feel even more confused. Now not only Momo, but also Miss Ouyang's whereabouts are incredible to him. He shook his head, groped around in the dark to the east corridor, and found the fourth room.He knocked on the door, but no one answered.He pushed the door, but it wasn't locked.He thought this was a good time to search Momo's room.

Duke Di pushed open the door and crept in.There is a large cabinet against the wall in the room, and the door of the cabinet is open.There was a square table in the middle, and the candles on the table flickered a few times and went out.He closed the door casually, and reached out to touch the flint in his sleeve.Suddenly he heard a deep howl behind him. He turned around quickly, and a pair of dark green eyes were staring at him at the door. "Bear!" - Di Gong suddenly came to his senses.He stumbled into Miss Ouyang's room by mistake.Quickly and wittily, he quickly walked around the square table and got into the big cabinet, and closed the cabinet door tightly.

The black bear wobbled into the room. It had obviously seen Di Gong, howled twice, and scratched the cabinet door with its two giant palms. Duke Di broke out in a cold sweat, and for a moment he remembered that this was the fourth room on the left, and he had mistaken the direction.Now he had no choice but to hold the cabinet door tightly. The black bear got a little angry, and started banging on the cabinet door with his bulky body, causing the cabinet to creak.In just a few clicks, the cabinet door would be knocked open, and even the large cabinet would be knocked down, because black bears are extremely powerful.

Duke Di only felt chills, and his whole body was dripping with sweat.I thought that once the black bear broke through the cabinet door, his life would be over.Thinking of this, I can't help but regret that I shouldn't take such a risk to run around in this ancient temple. The big cabinet shook violently, and when it was in a very critical situation, Miss Ouyang suddenly yelled: "Doo—go back to your old place!" The black bear obediently crawled to Miss Ouyang's side, and Miss Ouyang grabbed a handful of preserved fruit from the drawer and threw it to the black bear.The black bear took it, shook his head, went to the corner of the room and squatted down.

Mr. Di let out a long breath, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice.He pushed open the cabinet door and was about to get out to apologize to Miss Ouyang, but saw Miss Ouyang began to undress.This made him very embarrassed, he thought it would be better to wait for Miss Ouyang to change her sleeping clothes, and then come out to apologize to her, he was about to close the cabinet door, when suddenly he was stunned.Miss Ouyang took off her beautiful long hair, revealing a man's head.And changed the men's underwear. Di Gong's eyes widened, he couldn't help pushing the cabinet door open, and shouted: "Your official entered this room by mistake, look..."

Miss Ouyang turned around.Startled.Asked: "Who are you? Sneaked into my room in the middle of the night." Di Gong saw clearly that he was indeed a handsome man. The black bear squatting in the corner howled, stood up staggeringly, and rushed towards Duke Di.The man waved his hand to tell the black bear to go back to its original place, and walked slowly to Duke Di. Mr. Di saluted, and said: "Forgive me, my lord, the next official is the county magistrate here. He stayed in the temple to avoid the rain. Just now, he strayed into your room by mistake and was almost killed by this black bear."

The man went to lock the black bear with a big iron chain in the corner.Nai said: "It turned out to be the county magistrate. Xiaomin was convicted. Xiaomin was originally a man and pretended to be Miss Ouyang. Master Wanwang forgives the details." Di Gongdao. "My lord, let me guess. You are not someone else, your surname is Bao. One is Bai Meigui's elder brother. I don't know if my guess is right or not?" The man was startled: "Master's guess is correct, but I don't know how Master knows so clearly. However, my surname is not Bao, and Mrs. Bao is not the mother of our brothers and sisters."

Duke Di nodded and smiled. "You acted, and your sister showed her signs when she was watching the show. When Momo's sword almost hurt you, White Rose was terrified, but when the black bear pounced on you, she didn't care. This just shows that she treats you very well. Familiar, of course she also loves you very much, I am afraid that something will happen to you. Besides, you two are very similar in appearance. Now tell me truthfully why you brothers and sisters came to Chaoyun Temple." "Xiaomin's name is Kang Yide, his father is Kang Wu, a wealthy businessman in the capital, and Rose is my sister. The two brothers and sisters are very close and harmonious. A year ago, Rose fell in love with one of our cousins. My cousin is a scholar. My father made it clear that if Qiu Wei passed the exam, he would agree to the marriage, but if he failed the exam, he would never marry my sister. My cousin was so worried that he failed the exam. He was not named on the gold list, full of shame and anger, and threw himself into the river in a fit of anger. When Rose heard the news, she cried to death, scolding her father for murdering her cousin. Helpless, she had to be allowed to temporarily stay in Baihe Temple in the capital to recuperate.

"I couldn't bear Rose to be a Taoist nun from now on, so I went to Baihe Temple every day to persuade her to go home. Who knew that she scolded me and refused to see me again. My parents regretted it and were very worried, for fear that she would have an accident. After a few days, I couldn't bear it, so I went to Baihe Temple again, but Rose was gone. The abbot of the temple deliberately concealed her whereabouts from me. I bribed two nuns in the temple, only to learn that Rose had been taken to Hanyuan County by a benefactor named Mrs. Bao Chaoyunguan became a monk. For this reason, I decided to follow her secretly, protect her, and persuade her to change her mind after it was convenient.

"One day, I heard that Guan Laizi's troupe from the capital was invited to Chaoyun to celebrate Emperor Zhenwu's birthday, so I dressed up as a Jianghu female entertainer, found Guan Laizi and gave him ten taels of silver, asking him to take me in as an actor to go to Chaoyun together. Watching an acting show. He also stated that he would not receive a salary, and only asked him to hide it from everyone, so he pretended to be Miss Ouyang for a while. I saw Rose in this view, but she still refused to change her mind. The mother-in-law insisted on pushing me, so I had no choice but to be patient, watch the opportunity, and take it calmly."

"Momo intended to amuse me when she danced the sword, but it helped me. Rose was very moved by it. The brother-sister relationship awakened her obsession with becoming a monk. She showed a little change of heart, and her relationship with Zong Li The meeting rekindled the flame of her longing for life. But she couldn't get rid of Mrs. Bao's face. Mrs. Bao is a devout believer and a great benefactor of Chaoyun Guan, who has a good friendship with Zhenzhi. I see Rose is in a dilemma, So I asked her to secretly come to my room to have a meeting, and carefully discuss a way to achieve both ends. She agreed, and we exchanged dresses, firstly, to hide Mrs. Bao, and secondly, to avoid many other entanglements." "After changing her dress, she tucked the extra decorations under her left side and hurried ahead, while I followed closely behind. Unexpectedly, Zong Li and I bumped into each other at the entrance of the hall, and we couldn't help exchanging a few pleasantries. After I got rid of his entanglement, when I went upstairs and entered this room, the rose was gone. I went to Mrs. Bao’s room again, but the lights in that room had already been turned off. I was anxious to search everywhere, almost every room. I haven't seen Rose yet. Master, I have to go to Mrs. Bao's room to look for her tomorrow morning. It is very likely that Rose was bumped into by Mrs. Bao when she came upstairs, so she can't get away for a while." Di Gongdao: "I have heard of your father's name. Why didn't you inform the government? The government could have come forward to dissuade Bai Meigui from going her own way and protect her safety." Kang Yide said: "My parents agreed to become a monk in person. Baiheguan and Chaoyunguan are the leaders of the palace temples in the sea. Now Taoism is rampant from the imperial court to the prefectures and counties. The government can't do anything to them, let alone us. I'm a commoner. So I have to disguise myself as a woman and act secretly." Di Gongdao: "Now you entrust this matter to me. When I see Mrs. Bao and Lingmei tomorrow morning, I will try my best to persuade her to change her mind. I think Zong Li will also persuade her. As long as she changes her mind, Bao Bao will not be afraid." My wife and Zhenzhi obstructed it. You must know that I, Di Renjie, is the county magistrate here after all, and I most disapprove of boudoir girls going to nuns or Daoshi. Not to mention being immoral, there is a risk of falling into the fire pit by mistake, and it is against the teacher of Confucius Mr. Kang, I also want to ask you, has your left arm been injured?" Kang Yide replied: "The left arm was broken by this black bear three years ago. Although it was joined later, it was sore and unable to move in the rainy weather like today. At that time, it was to show my affection, not intentionally. Hurt me, I will let it play in the courtyard later, it is too boring to be locked in this room all day, no wonder it was so angry just now, it almost knocked down the big cabinet." Di Gong finally understood: Miss Ouyang's left arm could not move on the stage because it was broken once, and the sky was in pain, and what he and Tao Gan met in the corridor was Bai Meigui, she was dressed as Ouyang The young lady's appearance blindfolded their eyes for a while.Bai Meigui's left arm didn't move because of something under her left side.The reason why she was in a hurry and flustered was that she was worried about bumping into Mrs. Bao, but who would have bumped into Mrs. Bao later! Di Gong suddenly asked: "Did you see Momo when you were looking for Mrs. Bao and Lingmei?" "No. This ugly bastard is always trying to entangle Miss Lilac; if I don't pretend to be a woman, I will beat him hard. Don't think he can handle swords, but wrestling and sumo are far behind me. I can still Tell my bear to scare him. Master, to be honest, I like Miss Dingxiang very much, but I don’t know if Miss Dingxiang has me in her heart. Usually she thinks I am a woman, so we are very close and like each other. Once I know that I am a man, I really don’t know How will you scold me for being a widow!" Di Gong said with a smile: "Young Master Kang trusts me, I will try my best to match you up. If your younger sister is also interested in Zong Li, I am also willing to attack him, the beauty of an adult."
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