The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 431

Chapter 431: Chapter 406: Caught Five Big Fish_1

The temple was bustling with visitors lighting incense, with sincere men and women earnestly kowtowing before every statue of the Bodhisattva.

Daohua, along with the others, followed behind the elderly Madame Yan, Madam Li, Madam Sun, and Madam Wu, all of whom bore solemn and devout expressions.

After the incense ritual, the mothers and daughters-in-law of the Yan Family went to light an Everlasting Lantern for their ancestors, while Daohua and the rest stepped out of the main hall to wait outside.

Outside the grand hall, a fortune teller was helping people with character divinations, a sight that noticeably intrigued Yan Yihuan and the others, including Yan Yunxi and Yan Yunyan.

Yan Yile could not resist and asked, “Elder sister, wouldn’t you like to have a character divination?”

Daohua shook her head with a smile, “If you want to have a divination, go ahead. I’m not interested.”

Hearing her response, the girls could hardly contain themselves and set off to approach the fortune teller.

Seeing this, Daohua smiled, then taking a look around, frowned and said, “Where have third brother and fourth brother disappeared to in such a short time? Let’s go find them.”

Meanwhile, deep within a Zen garden at the rear of the temple, Wu Jingyi excitedly reported to the fifth master and Yang Chenghua, “Your Highness, it’s confirmed, the herb-collecting monk in the temple indeed found Jing Cao.”

As he spoke, he produced a dried Jing Cao herb.

Upon seeing the Jing Cao, the fifth master’s gaze instantly grew profound, “Was it mentioned where this Jing Cao was found?”

The excitement on Wu Jingyi’s face faded slightly, replaced with regret, “The monk who found the Jing Cao recently left to collect herbs and accidentally fell off a cliff and died.”

The breath of the fifth master caught for a moment, and after a long silence, he spoke again, “It doesn’t matter, as long as we’ve confirmed the item is in Ningmen Prefecture, we now have an area to search. We’ll find it if we send more people.”

Wu Jingyi nodded, hesitated, but decided to speak up, “Your Highness, it seems like we’re not the only ones searching for Jing Cao.”

At that remark, the fifth master’s gaze turned sharp in an instant.

Under that piercing look, Wu Jingyi’s scalp tingled, and he quickly lowered his head, daring not to meet his gaze.

The fifth master: “…Who?”

Wu Jingyi swallowed hard, “People from the Jiang Family, they said it’s for Miss Jiang’s medication.”

A cold glint flashed in the fifth master’s eyes, but it quickly subsided. He picked up the tea from the table, toyed with it slowly, and after a while, when he felt the tea had cooled, he drank it all in one gulp.

In the Zen room, Wu Jingyi and Yang Chenghua didn’t dare make a sound.

A while later, the fifth master asked casually as if it was of no consequence, “Among the officials dealt with for their handling of the Jiguang flood, I believe there were people connected to Prince Duan, what happened to them in the end?”

Wu Jingyi lowered his head, not daring to answer.

Seeing that he did not answer, Yang Chenghua had to step forward and speak, “It seems they were exiled after their homes were confiscated. As for the specifics, the Princely Heir took care of it.”

The fifth master showed no reaction, he merely uttered two words indifferently: “Very well.”

Those two words chilled the spine of Yang Chenghua, the Left Commander of the Five Armies and the Grand Secretary of the Inner Court.

The Jiguang flood disaster had enraged the Emperor, and all officials involved were ordered executed. However, a few in charge of managing the situation were blinded by substantial bribes and resorted to replacing those sentenced with substitutes – a severe act of defiance against the imperial edict.

“Thump, thump, thump!”

The sound of knocking broke the silence, and the three men in the room instantly shifted their demeanors to appear as docile and ordinary individuals.

Eunuch An had been standing guard outside the room and, at the sound of the monastery gate being knocked, immediately put on a smile and went to open it, only to find a little monk delivering the vegetarian meal.

Outside the temple, Daohua was searching for Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai with Wang Manman, her gaze sweeping the area, and just happened to notice the especially portly Eunuch An, causing her body to stiffen.

Eunuch An, after sending off the little monk with the meal, was about to close the gate when he saw a young girl staring straight at him. Although slightly wary, he didn’t think much of it.

That young girl clearly looked to be a miss from a wealthy family; such individuals, often reared secludedly, were not a threat.

However, to his surprise, the little miss decided to approach him the next moment.

“Uncle, may I ask where you get your vegetarian meals from?”

Not wanting to get involved, Eunuch An replied with a faint smile, “Miss, you can just ask any monk in the temple, and they will tell you.” And with that, he reached out to close the door.

Yet, at that moment, a scolding could be heard from the courtyard.

“You two again, hadn’t you learned your lesson a few days ago? It really would have been better to lead you to a tiger’s den.”

“You thief, disguising as a farmer one day, and a devotee another, what exactly do you plan to do in Ningmen Prefecture?”

Upon reaching the gate and hearing the voice, Daohua’s expression changed, and almost instinctively, she scattered the Sleeping Powder she had clutched in her hand towards Eunuch An, who was carrying the meal tray.