Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

Chapter 369 Ruined Temple

"That year I was on the verge of death. When I woke up, I was in a dilapidated temple. I was covered with the blanket containing the drum skin that you took away. This was the object enshrined in the temple."

As she spoke, Yang Xiaoyue turned the small tripod in her hand back so that the figure carved on it was facing Xu Changping.

When Xu Changping heard the word "near death", he immediately thought that this should be what happened when Yang Xiaoyue traveled through time.

However, Xu Changping did not understand what Yang Xiaoyue wanted to say, so he asked tentatively: "Are you trying to say that this tripod is related to the drum skin?"

Yang Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at Xu Changping and said in a somewhat cold tone, "What I meant was that I fainted from hunger at home, and when I woke up, I was in the temple with my sister."

"Did someone deliberately take you to the ruined temple?" After Xu Changping finished speaking, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he immediately asked the system in his mind: "System, tell me, was it you who took the person to the ruined temple?"

"Host, this is unfair. What does this have to do with me? No matter where she is, as long as her soul is gone, Yang Xiaoyue will be able to possess her immediately."

"It's OK as long as it's not you." After getting the answer, Xu Changping immediately straightened his back again, and said to Yang Xiaoyue as he thought of a possibility:

"Could it be that the people in your yard wanted to occupy your house, so they took advantage of you to secretly throw you out while you were unconscious?"

"She's not someone from the yard. I've tried everything." Yang Xiaoyue couldn't find any memory of her fainting at home in her original body's memory.

She had thought about the possibility Xu Changping mentioned before, and had even tried to explore the courtyard, but unfortunately she didn't find anyone suspicious.

The last time Xu Changping revealed the drum skin hidden in the curtain, she immediately realized that the original body's death was not an accident.

In order to find out the truth, she went back to the dilapidated temple, but it turned out that the temple had been burned down by someone at some point.

Because there were too few clues, she had no idea how to avenge her original self.

Unexpectedly, today, she would see the small tripod that looked like the one enshrined in the temple again in Xu Changping's house. She couldn't help but wonder what the relationship was between this tripod and the dilapidated temple.

After a while, Yang Xiaoyue saw that Xu Changping hadn't spoken yet, so she had to speak up to break the silence in the room: "Brother Xu, do you know what this thing is?" After saying that, Yang Xiaoyue stared at Xu Changping's eyes closely.

"Sorry, I don't know either." Xu Changping shook his head.

Just when Yang Xiaoyue was disappointed, he continued, "But I was planning to take this thing to my master's house to ask about it today."

"Does he know this thing?" Yang Xiaoyue's disappointed look instantly turned into hope.

"You should know him. He was the one who handled the drum skin last time." Facing the hope in Yang Xiaoyue's eyes, Xu Changping did not dare to make any promises to her.

Yang Xiaoyue grabbed Xu Changping's hand and said, "Then I'll go with you today." Ever since she verified that her superpowers were suppressed last night, she had inexplicably felt a sense of urgency in her heart.

Now that the matter of the small tripod and the drum skin has been brought up again, Yang Xiaoyue feels even more uneasy.

"Then let's leave after dinner." Xu Changping did not shirk his responsibility. After all, it was not the first time that Yang Xiaoyue had gone to Guan Ke's house.

Yang Xiaoyue was thinking about something and had no appetite. She took a few quick bites and put down her chopsticks.

Xu Changping knew that Yang Xiaoyue was anxious, so he had to persuade her: "Eat a little more, or you will be hungry soon."

"No, I can't eat anything now." Yang Xiaoyue shook her head. She really had no desire to eat.

"Okay." Seeing her say this, Xu Changping did not persuade her anymore, but just silently quickened his eating speed.

Soon, everyone finished breakfast. Yang Xiaoyue helped Xu Changping clean up the dishes, and then hurriedly took Xiao Mi back to her home.

Seeing how anxious she was, Xu Changping shook his head helplessly, washed his hands, changed his clothes, and left the house carrying a cloth bag containing four small tripods.

Seeing Yang Xiaoyue and Xiao Mi standing in the yard waiting for him, Xu Changping opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't utter a word.

Facing Yang Xiaoyue's scorching gaze, he silently picked up Xiao Mi and put her on the bicycle. With a hard push, he took the lead in pushing the bicycle out of the courtyard.

There was no conversation along the way, and it didn't take long before they arrived at the gate of the Wumen courtyard.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Xu Changping stopped his bicycle, first carried Xiao Mi to the ground, then went up the stairs and knocked on the door.

The door was opened from the inside, and when Guan Ke saw the people standing outside the door, a smile immediately appeared on his wrinkled face.

He nodded to Xu Changping and Yang Xiaoyue, then bent down with a loving face and smiled at Xiao Mi, "Oh, it's Xiao Mi here."

"Hello, Master." Logically speaking, Guan Ke's age is more than enough to be Xiao Mi's grandfather.

However, because she was Xu Changping's sister-in-law, in order to avoid a difference in generations, Guan Ke later decided to let her call him Master along with Xu Changping.

"Okay, okay, you're in for a treat today. Third sister just made white jade cake this morning." As he said this, Guan Ke took Xiao Mi's hand and walked towards the yard.

Looking at the clean courtyard, Xu Changping followed with Yang Xiaoyue, smiling.

After entering the main hall, Guan Ke took a piece of white jade cake and put it in Xiao Mi's hand, then said to Xu Changping with a stern face: "Tell me, what are you doing here today?"

"Master, you are so wise. I want you to help me look at something." Xu Changping flattered him first, and then put the cloth bag in his hand on the table.

"What the hell?" Guan Ke pointed at the table and said.

"These are the small tripods." Xu Changping said as he opened the cloth bag and started taking things out one by one.

Guan Ke looked at the small tripods with a fierce look in his eyes. He waved them a few times, then frowned and asked seriously, "Where did you get this thing?"

Xu Changping couldn't see that after these small tripods were placed on the table, they began to continuously absorb the negative energy around the house, and Guan Ke waved his hands a few times to disperse the gathered negative energy.

"I found this from a batch of fake antiques." Although Xu Changping did not mention Director Zhang, he still explained the origins of these tripods.

When Guan Ke heard Xu Changping's evasive words, he immediately asked with a half-smile, "Those fake antiques were left behind by someone else, right? You took action to steal them."

Xu Changping was stunned by the question, then he touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "Master, how did you know?" He didn't expect Guan Ke to guess the origin of these small tripods at once. It seems that he made the right choice to come to him today.

"Humph, I know this." Guan Ke glared at Xu Changping and said unhappily, "Do you know what this thing is used for? How dare you intercept it casually?"

"This... Master, I really don't know." Xu Changping said to Guan Ke with a wry smile and shook his head.