The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 144 He is the Marquis's man

Amber really did what she said, she lit a sleeping incense stick and secretly put it in the window, and the smoke of the incense spread into the rooms with the breeze. After a quarter of an hour, she boldly pushed open the door and slipped in, placing another sleeping incense stick in front of Shen Wen's bed. She quietly left the room and waited for another quarter of an hour with the young man, and then she took the young man into Shen Wen's bedroom with confidence.

Amber didn't know about the secret passage either, and she didn't believe it until the young master opened the entrance to the secret passage. However...

Amber said to the young master: "Now you have solved the problem, but I am in trouble. If I know about the secret passage in the future and the Marquis knows about it, I am afraid that my life will be in danger."

The young master just thought of this, he patted Amber's shoulder and said: "Don't worry, young lady, I, Shen Shuyu, swear that I will not tell anyone about what happened today. If I break this oath, I will be struck by lightning."

It was the first time for Amber to meet a man who swore to her. She was so moved that she almost cried. She said in a hoarse voice: "Look at you! It would be fine if you just made a promise to me, but you swore for no reason. You are such a fool."

Shen Shuyu laughed when he heard this.

Amber could see the man's smile in the dim night light. She couldn't help but say, "Sir, please leave quickly. A person like you is smiling at a vulgar servant like me. I feel so uncomfortable. How can I bear it? You know how seductive you are."

After saying this, Amber was already ashamed. She turned around and touched her burning cheeks.

Shen Shuyu was unaware of this. He called out to Amber twice in confusion. When she turned around and gestured for him to leave quickly, he didn't hesitate and went back into the secret passage.

When the secret passage was closed, Amber let out a long breath, patted her beating heart, and couldn't help but blurt out: "What a charming enchantress, fortunately I have self-control, hey! What are you thinking? He is the Marquis's man."

Then he went back to his room, touching his cheeks with his hands.

Shen Wen then sat up from the bed. She placed the two incense sticks in front of the bed and the window outside the window, closed the window, and then untied the handkerchief covering her mouth and nose, and her eyes naturally looked towards the entrance of the secret passage.

"He is the Marquis's man."

Shen Wen thought about Amber's last words.

She curiously reopened the entrance to the secret passage and followed him into it.

The exit of the secret passage was cleverly designed, and it was actually in a washroom. The washroom was also very interesting, with a small bathing pool, and the aisle next to the bathing pool was paved with floor tiles, and under the floor tiles was the entrance to the secret passage. Because the man named Shen Shuyu had just touched something, the exit was easy to find through the traces.

Shen Wen quietly crawled out of the secret passage and tiptoed out of the bathroom.

The environment outside the bathroom was beyond Shen Wen's expectations.

It turned out to be a place for Zen meditation.

There were Taoist statues and murals all around. In the center of the upper part stood three statues of gods, whose appearance and attire were unknown, and whose titles were not written. In the center of the lower part was another statue of a god, and it was a golden statue. Shen Wen glanced at the face of the statue, then turned his head to look at the painted murals on the right wall.

But?!!

She felt something was wrong!!!

She immediately turned back to look at the appearance of the statue.

After she carefully looked at the statue, she suddenly laughed out loud.

It turned out to be that charlatan Ji Xun.

Shen Wen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Ji Xun! So you really are a deity. I didn't expect that in this era, there are still people who would deify you and offer incense to you?"

She was really careless to speak so rashly. She actually forgot that she was a thief who came here to stealthily get something useful and then leave. But how could such an arrogant behavior not alarm people?

But that person was also a timid person. Although he noticed her existence, he did not dare to rush out to capture her. He could only hide in the dark and observe quietly.

Shen Wen looked at the colorful paintings of gods and goddesses around him, and his eyes returned to the statue of Ji Xun. There were snacks and fruits on the altar, incense burning in the incense burner, and a piece of yellow silk pressed at the foot of the table. Shen Wen leaned over to the yellow silk to read the words written on it. It read: The three gods of the Nine Heavens, Yao, Kun, and Xuan.

Start another line and write: The lesser nine heavens Thousand Peaks Mountain Wheel-Turning God, Wei Yuji God, Zhao Qingjue.

There were two pieces of yellow paper under the yellow silk. Shen Wen stretched out his fingers and roughly flipped through them. They were all written with the Taoist names and titles of various immortals.

Shen Wen stopped looking at it, but she was quite interested in the patterns painted all over the dojo. It looked similar to the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, with eight directions outside and eight directions inside. But there were different bird and animal totems painted on the directions, some with human faces and bird bodies, some with snake bodies and human faces, and some with dragon claws and animal hair owls with wings. There were all kinds of things. The one in the middle was more interesting, it looked like a turtle with a shell, but it had scales and dragon claws, and it was a double-bodied snake, it looked evil no matter how you looked at it.

There are cushions placed in each of the eight directions for meditation, except for the two cushions under the central statue, which are slightly off-center. The backs of the other directions are covered by curtains, all of which are made of white gauze and hang down to the ground. Through the dim light of the candles, you can see that the back is a place for people to rest.

Shen Wen pushed aside the curtain to the east and looked inside. There was indeed a high platform and a soft couch. However, the screen behind the couch was interesting. There were two androgynous snake-bodied figures painted on it, and nothing else.

Shen Wen stepped out and walked to the west seat opposite. He drew aside the curtain and saw a high platform with a soft couch. The screen was painted with two women with fox tails, who were face to face with each other, like a pair of lovers whispering intimately. Shen Wen's scalp tingled when he saw it.

Shen Wen stood at the center of the map, her heart beating inexplicably, thump, thump, thump so fast, until she put her hand on her heart, and it took a long time to calm down.

Shen Wen opened the door and walked out, then closed the door and quietly disappeared into the dark night.

Not long after, the door quietly opened again, and a figure walked out. He squinted his eyes, looked around the yard carefully, and listened carefully, but he didn't find any trace of Shen Wen. He stood at the door and hesitated for a long time, sighed melancholy, and left here, went down the steps and went straight to the southwest wing. That was where he stayed temporarily. He entered the room, but he didn't want to turn on the light. He climbed onto the bed quietly, and didn't want to sleep. Occasionally, he pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside the window. He kept his eyes open with fear, thinking about things all night. It was not until the sky was light outside that Hu Niu, the little maid who served him, came over to help him get up. He pretended to wake up and got up slowly.

Shen Shuyu asked Hu Niu casually, "Did you hear anything last night?"

Hu Niu shook her head and said no.

Shen Shuyu said, "I slept very uneasy last night. I always felt that there was a thief crawling on the roof. I don't know if it is true. Taoist Qingping and his three disciples in the opposite wing are said to be hermits. Why don't you come with me to find out if they have the same movement there? If they have the same feeling as me, then this is probably true. We should be on guard against it as soon as possible."

Huniu was a little girl of eight or nine years old, with a simple mind and few words. She was a third-class maid who had just been brought into the mansion from the countryside. She had never seen the world and did not know how fickle people's hearts were. She only respected all the young masters and ladies in the mansion, and obeyed the words of Master Shu, who was serving her now. After hearing what he said, she immediately helped Master Shu wash his face and comb his hair, and then went out.

When Shen Shuyu met Taoist Qingping, he chatted with him for a while and then asked casually, "Taoist, could you go to the temple early this morning to burn incense? Did you find anything wrong?"

Taoist Qingping said: "Ah! Yes, I went. I woke up before five o'clock as usual, then got up to practice sword for a while, washed up and went to the temple to burn incense. Speaking of inappropriate things... there are some..."

Shen Shuyu didn't know that this Taoist Qingping really had some magical powers. He was very sensitive to familiar places, especially pure places like temples. Within thirty meters, he could smell anything different, no matter if it was a human, a ghost, a fairy or an animal. But he was very curious about how this mortal Master Shu knew it.

So he asked, "Sir, why are you asking this? Sir, do you know something? Did you go to the temple last night?"

Although Shen Shuyu was asked accurately, he was just panicked in his heart, and said calmly: "That's not the case. You also know that I have the habit of insomnia. I woke up in the middle of the night last night and couldn't fall asleep. I heard that there seemed to be someone on the roof. I was so scared that I almost came here to find you."

Taoist Qingping believed it. He nodded and said, "Indeed, someone came to the temple. But that person is not a big deal. He is just a mortal who knows nothing. He was probably a thief passing by. Fortunately, this thief knew what to do and did not steal the treasures in the temple. He just messed up the place. I have asked three disciples to clean it up carefully. It's okay. You don't have to worry about it. Just sleep well tonight."

Hearing what Taoist Qingping said, he had no choice but to give up and said, "Since Taoist said so, I feel relieved."

As for Shen Wen, she naturally waited for Master Shu Yu to return to her own room, then returned to the secret passage and went back to Gengmingyuan to sleep.

It was not until dawn the next day that she yawned, stretched, and got up.

Amber, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, heard the noise and said through the crack of the door: "Master, are you up? I will come in to serve you."

Then he pushed the door open and came in at Shen Wen's request.

Shen Wen took the wet towel that Amber had wrung out and wiped his face, while he asked, "Where are the maid Zhinuan and the servant Jinsheng that I brought with me?"

Amber said, "I sent them back to the Fifth Master's Courtyard last night and told them to pack your clothes and belongings, and to tell the Fifth Master and Divine Doctor Sun that you will live in Linchao Residence from now on. The main reason is that it is difficult for the old ancestor and the imperial envoy to pass on the message, and they are afraid of Divine Doctor Sun's eccentric temper. The maids and servants in our mansion are also not able to pass on the message, so your servants and maids are the best to go."

Shen Wen smiled and nodded.