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Chapter 176: Same Path, Different Aspirations

"Hey, are yours still there?"

"And yours?"

“Haha…, it’s working, it’s working. Mine is gone.”

"Mine is gone too..."

"Why, why didn't the Buddha accept me?"

"Is it because you are not sincere enough?"

"Mine is a red coral bracelet, but what I prayed for in my heart was for Lady Yaoji to appear."

"Are you reading Lady Yaoji?"

……

Zhou Chang had been slacking off until the forty-first day of the forty-nine days, and with only nine days left, she still had no chance to "bring goods" again. However, when she stepped into Jingming Palace this morning, she felt that the atmosphere was unusual.

"What happened?" Zhou Chang asked a man wearing a bright red official robe.

The man looked excited, but he also recognized Zhou Chang: "Ah, Your Highness Prince Yi, the spirit appeared, the Buddha and Lady Yaoji appeared again."

Zhou Chang then recognized that it was Liu Mu, the chief of the Tianjian Division, whom he had not seen for a long time. "Master Liu, long time no see. How come you made a wish too?"

Liu Mu seemed to have forgotten about the previous exchange of the calculation results, and only said: "Yes, yes, it is rare to see the Douxiu correspond to the Seven Stars in a thousand years, and good things will definitely happen. I didn't expect it to happen in this matter."

"Lord Liu, are your calculations accurate?" Zhou Chang had this question a long time ago.

If it was accurate, she changed the calculation results, and Prince Duan found a golden nanmu coffin.

If it's not accurate, she really hopes it's not accurate, otherwise how can Dalin win the battle.

Liu Mu was stunned. He was obviously surprised that Prince Yi had the nerve to ask this question. His nose was broken that time and he was bedridden for two months.

But based on his "professional qualities" and "professional requirements", he had to lie from the bottom of his heart: "The calculations of the Tianjian Division must be accurate, but it's hard to predict the will of heaven, and it's not our fault for being rash."

"Forget it." Zhou Chang didn't understand either and waved his hand to send Liu Mu away.

Zhou Chang knew something was fishy without even looking.

She hasn't even made a move yet, and the offering disappeared for no reason?

Could it be that there is a second "anchor" in this dimension?

Impossible, she had already asked the conspicuous system about this at the beginning.

Then the thief has the same "ideology" as her but different "aspirations".

Things were already hopeless, but suddenly a "competitor" appeared. I don't know whether it is good or bad.

Therefore, Zhou Chang folded his arms and looked up, and after continuous observation, he found that the offerings continued to be missing over the next three days.

There was joy throughout the palace.

This was the first time Zhou Chang had seen someone happy after losing something.

The most important thing is that the imperial guards didn't discover anything at all, which made Zhou Chang feel even more incredible.

Finally, it was the fourth night, and Zhou Chang decided to stay awake all night.

She had long regarded the things on the altar as her own customers, and how could someone steal her goods right under her nose?

After three days of careful observation and analysis, it was found that the only people who could get close to the offering table and touch the offerings were the three extraordinary masters and disciples, apart from the devout believers who occasionally complained why their offerings were not accepted, tried to grab them and held them high up, and then put them down in disappointment.

Especially when reciting scriptures every evening.

Because Shusheng already had the reputation of "Master of Wonderful Hands", no one objected even if he spent the whole day caressing the offerings one by one.

Every evening these days, after lighting the candles, Shusheng would chant something and start circling in front of the nine long offering tables, occasionally holding the offerings with his hands.

The offerings that his hand passed over would not disappear immediately, Zhou Chang was sure of this by staring closely.

Until tonight, Zhou Chang found an excuse to make a wish and pray all night long and refused to leave the palace, so he was also locked up in Jingming Palace.

In the first half of the night, I fell into a deep sleep. When I opened my eyes, it seemed that something was missing from the piled-up altar.

Looking around, the court officials and concubines who were chanting sutras had already gone back to rest, and the people who were bowing devoutly had all fallen into a daze and sleep, and the monks who were reciting sutras had all closed their eyes and entered into meditation, so no one was paying attention.

As for the imperial guards, they all turned a blind eye and dozed off.

There are so many treasures piled up on the altar that even if a dozen or so are missing, it would be difficult to find them at once.

But her intuition told her that there was a change, and it must be different from the daytime.

Zhou Chang quietly stood up, stepped out from behind the curtain, and walked out of Jingming Hall with the skinny monkey.

As soon as he arrived at the side door of Jingming Palace, he was stopped by the imperial guards: "Your Highness Prince Yi, the palace is under ban at night. No one who stays in Jingming Palace is allowed to enter or leave at will."

"No one is allowed to come in or go out as they please. Why did I just see monks from Dafu Temple going out from this side?" Zhou Chang did see them, but not tonight or at this time.

The guards blocking the door said, "Your Highness Prince Yi may have made a mistake. Even if there are monks who want to go back to Baohua Hall to rest, they will not go through this door at night."

"Your Highness Prince Yi?" Zhou Chang was about to say something else when a familiar voice sounded behind him.

Zhou Chang turned around and saw that it was Tang Mao, the commander of the imperial guards. "Commander Tang, you've come just in time. I need to go to Baohua Palace."

Tang Mao bowed but did not agree immediately: "Your Highness Prince Yi, it's so late, what are you doing in Baohua Palace? Since you have decided to stay in Jingming Palace, you have to endure it for one night."

"I didn't expect Jingming Palace to be so noisy at night. I'm tired, and I have to find a quiet place to sleep. The monks of Dafu Temple have set up meditation rooms in Baohua Palace. I think it should be much quieter there." Zhou Chang did not hide his purpose.

"This..." Tang Mao thought for a moment and agreed, "If that's the case, then I will take people to escort His Royal Highness Prince Yi over there."

"Although we are separated by a wall, I would like to thank you for your help." Zhou Chang did not refuse.

Afterwards, Zhou Chang brought Skinny Monkey into the Baohua Palace under the protection of the imperial guards. Tang Mao also picked a secluded and clean room at the innermost part for Zhou Chang.

There were layers of imperial guards guarding both sides.

"Your Highness Prince Yi, please rest in Baohua Palace. I will come to pick you up from the palace after dawn before my shift changes." Tang Mao was very thorough and cautious.

Zhou Chang nodded: "Thank you, Governor Tang."

Tang Mao bowed and retreated.

As soon as Tang Mao left, Shou Hou immediately asked, "Your Majesty, why did we come to Baohua Palace for such a good reason?"

Zhou Chang had not informed the thin monkey in advance, so he said now: "Catch the thief. For a while, let's hide behind the Buddha statue in the Baohua Hall and see where the offerings have gone."

"Your Highness, so you don't believe it either?" asked the skinny monkey.

Zhou Chang whispered, "No, I believe it, but I won't believe it if I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

"Oh..." The skinny monkey didn't know whether he really understood or just pretended not to care. "Your Majesty, do you suspect those monks of stealing things?"

Zhou Chang didn't say anything, but nodded.

"Then why don't you just search the other meditation rooms?" The skinny monkey asked this while glancing around the one they were in.

The furnishings in the room were very simple and clean, with a bed, a table and two chairs, nothing else.

Zhou Chang had thought about it over and over again beforehand, and then asked, "Do you think if they stole something, they would put it in their own room?"

"Where else can it be hidden?" The skinny monkey asked casually.

"Since the imperial guards didn't find it, the thing is either still in Jingming Palace or Baohua Palace." Zhou Chang's analysis so far is just this much. "There is not a single cloud in the cloudless sky;"