Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 18 Memory
"When you get older, you have to admit defeat, right?" Jiang You pulled the bag off his shoulder and put it on the table. "I really want to drink a bowl of hot bone soup, then sit in the yard, bask in the sun, listen to some music or audiobooks..."
Sun Yu also walked back to his seat. Just as he sat down, the door of the Special Operations Department was pushed open again, and Zhuang Zekun walked in with Master Hong Zhen.
The office suddenly seemed crowded.
Zhuang Zekun looked around at everyone and said, "Happy New Year, this is Master Zhong Hongzhen..."
Master Hongzhen clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to everyone.
Everyone stood up and returned the greeting.
"Let's start the meeting now that everyone is here." Tang Butian picked up the wooden sword and walked into the small meeting room.
Sun-woo walked last, and he closed the door and locked it.
Eight people sat down around the small round table.
Zhuang Zekun glanced at Zhaocai, who had been curled up on the cat climbing frame. He spoke , "Let me introduce the situation. There is an underground palace under the Jinguang Temple, which contains 58 demons. They have escaped."
Tang Butian sat opposite Zhuang Zekun. She asked, "Escaped?"
"Yes," Zhuang Zekun nodded. He looked directly into Tang Butian's eyes and emphasized, "Zhong Yan and I explored the underground palace together. The seal was only slightly broken."
Tang Butian's gaze fell on the face of Master Hongzhen, who was sitting on Zhuang Zekun's right hand side.
Master Hongzhen said: "When I was chanting in the Buddhist hall, I suddenly felt uneasy. It was shortly after midnight and many pilgrims were queuing to burn incense. The air was mixed. I walked towards the underground palace. When I got closer, I found that the grass at the entrance was all withered."
Jiang You sat on Tang Butian's right and seemed to be listening very seriously.
"I immediately reported to the abbot, suspecting that some demons had escaped. That night, we roughly explored the underground palace," Master Hongzhen paused, "but unexpectedly, all the demons disappeared."
Zhuang Zekun took over the conversation and said, "The other party's methods are very sophisticated. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for so many demons to escape from that small hole. Moreover, eight days have passed since the first day of the Lunar New Year, and these demons have not made any noise. I suspect that the Jinghu Society has taken action, and now these demons are under their control."
Su Wangshu, Zhu Wen and Wu Yulan's expressions suddenly became tense.
"What should we do now?" Guan Nuo asked.
Just as Zhuang Zekun was about to answer, Tang Butian asked, "When did you and Zhong Yan go to explore the underground palace of Jinguang Temple?"
"On the fifth night ."
"I don't know about the small world. I don't know about the Golden Light Temple either."
"You are injured."
Tang Butian looked at Zhuang Zekun without saying anything.
Guan Nuo sat next to Jiang You. He looked at Zhuang Zekun and then at Tang Butian. He said, "The situation is critical now. We must put the overall situation first..."
Jiang You held back a yawn, he raised his head and waved at Zhao Cai.
Zhaocai turned around and faced him with his butt.
Master Hongzhen sensed the undercurrent between Tang Butian and Zhuang Zekun, and he said, "Chief Tang, Jinguang Temple needs the assistance of the Special Operations Department."
“It’s my responsibility.”
Master Hongzhen stood up and saluted with his hands clasped together, "Thank you, Miss Tang."
Tang Butian stood up and accepted the salute from Master Hongzhen.
Then she looked at Zhuang Zekun and asked, "Anything else?"
"I will return to Yanjing tomorrow."
"If there's nothing else, let's adjourn the meeting."
"What are you going to do?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"Find the small world and break it up. Find the escaped demons and break them up."
Zhuang Zekun sighed softly.
Tang Butian said to Master Hongzhen: "I need to know the specific situation. I will go to Jinguang Temple in the near future."
"Thank you Miss Tang. I will take my leave now."
After Master Hongzhen and Zhuang Zekun walked out of the meeting room, Su Wangshu and the other two followed them out.
When Guan Nuo hesitated and wanted to say something else, Sun Yu said to him, "Guan Nuo, the cat litter is almost used up. Go to the pet store behind and buy a bag."
"Okay, okay, I'll go now." Guan Nuo stood up and walked out with Sun Yu.
The door to the conference room closed again.
Tang Butian sat down.
Jiang You stretched lazily, took out a small pink candy box from his pocket, shook it in front of Tang Butian and said, "Would you like to try it? I bought it from a convenience store in Thailand. It's very cold."
Tang Butian stretched out his hand.
Jiang You poured two candies into her hand and ate two himself.
After listening to the noise outside for a while, he said, "Everyone has left, only Sun Yu is left."
"What's going on with Jinguang Temple?" Tang Butian asked.
"How would I know?" Jiang You put the candy box back into his pocket. "You forgot that you were in my store on New Year's Day. I didn't go anywhere."
"You said that the things suppressed under the Jinguang Temple were eaten bit by bit by him," Tang Butian looked at Jiang You, and she added: "On New Year's Eve, you said something passed by."
"Did I say that?"
"Yes."
Jiang You looked at the wooden sword that Tang Butian had placed on the conference table, "I always feel like this sword is going to be placed on my shoulder again."
Tang Butian looked at him.
"Maybe he missed a few bites, so it might look a little unpalatable."
"Why let it go?"
"I was just passing by. There were so many things passing by. I had to take care of each one and find out their past and present lives. How could I have time to sleep? If you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have remembered it." Jiang You reached out and picked up Tang Butian's wooden sword. He put the sword in front of his eyes and examined it carefully. "Did you go to say hello to Lin Yu?"
“I have reported this to the relevant authorities.”
"You reported it to them, they should take it seriously." Jiang You put down the wooden sword, "The seal was broken, it might be Jinghu did it."
Tang Butian waited for Jiang You to continue.
"They may want to cause chaos in Tangjiang City so that they can contain Zhuang Zekun. It won't be easy for them either."
"That little world is gone."
"It could also be related to the Jinghu Society," Jiang You pushed his glasses, "After all, the three ghosts escaped from under Xueshan Lake. It's very hungry."
“Sunwoo said the same thing.”
"say what?"
"He said he was hungry."
"He was very nervous that day, so I explained some things to him, which blurred his memory a little afterwards," Jiang You thought for a moment, "Let's check the missing persons from the first day of the Lunar New Year to now."
"good."
"I'll go with you to the Jinguang Temple."
"On the evening of the fifth day of the New Year, Zhong Yan was at my house. He didn't tell me about the Jinguang Temple." Tang Butian took out a box from her coat pocket and placed it in front of Jiang You. "This is the healing medicine you wanted."
Jiang You opened the box and took a look. He then put the box in his pocket and said, "I will find the things I let go and use them as wooden stakes for you to play with."
