Free Web NovelChapter 614: Chapter 613: Fools Are Everywhere Every Year
In just a moment, Xia Wenjin withdrew the dagger in her hand effortlessly, twirling it around her fingertip, and said calmly, "You two have injured my driver thirty-seven times in total. I am fair, returning the exact number of blows to you, with injuries identical in nature. If you continue to act foolishly, don’t blame me for being ruthless! I’m not some foolish young master from your family!"
Zhai Hao, once again insulted as a fool, wasn’t angry with Xia Wenjin but glared venomously at the gray-robed Chu Yi, even flashing a fawning smile at Xia Wenjin.
The gray-robed Chu Yi was equally astonished. They had always had confidence in their martial skills. Who would have thought that on the road, they would encounter such a young girl, as elusive as a ghost? Compared to her skills, they felt as if they had lived their entire lives in vain. Neither of them dared utter a word.
Xia Wenjin glanced at Zhai Hao: "The way you’re going up the mountain, you’re just desecrating the deities. You’d better roll back down and change your clothes."
Zhai Hao replied, "Yes, yes, yes..."
The arrogance he displayed on the way up was matched by his embarrassment on the way down.
With the departure of these two carriages, the road up the mountain instantly became clear.
Old Liang was already well bandaged after applying medicine, sitting at the driver’s seat full of energy and spirit, appearing far from someone who had been injured.
He was both shocked and excited, the lady was truly formidable!
With the lady being so formidable, he certainly couldn’t bring any shame upon her!
Xia Wenjin got back onto her simple blue cloth carriage. Though the others behind had far more luxurious carriages, no one dared overtake her at this point.
The sharp-tongued woman earlier, who was so caustic, now kept the carriage curtains tightly closed, not daring to peek out.
Of course, Xia Wenjin paid no mind to these people.
She came today merely with the intention to try her luck.
Although she speculated that, if the Bodhi Temple truly possessed the secret scroll of the ’Stargazing Method’, it should have been inherited by those three. However, given the circumstances, it’s hard to determine whether they’re on the mountain, even if they are, seeing them would be unlikely.
After all, in two lifetimes, this was her first time visiting Shuowang Mountain and the Bodhi Temple, just considering it as a pilgrimage to pay respects and burn incense!
In her previous lifetime, she hadn’t visited the Bodhi Temple, not due to disbelief in Buddhist Law or unwillingness to worship, but several times she prepared to go and was thwarted by various reasons. Later she speculated, perhaps an opportunity was missing.
Yet, in this life, Xia Wenjin felt because she wholeheartedly assisted Huangfu Yuxuan in the past life, and Huangfu Yuxuan, being insidious, had innocent lives stained upon him, even those around him bore a lot of evil energy. Let alone her, being exceedingly obedient to Huangfu Yuxuan, she practically led the charge, bearing blood on her hands.
Therefore, lacking the fate to ascend the mountain.
In this life, at least she could say her hands were clean, not stained with the innocent’s blood. If these carriages repeatedly blocked her and ultimately didn’t let her ascend the mountain, perhaps it was still due to the sins of the past life being yet to cleanse.
The Marquis Anping Mansion’s carriage headed down the mountain, yet amidst the full daylight, many more carriages surpassed from behind. Those people, unaware of the young master of the Marquis Anping Mansion’s earlier embarrassment, certainly didn’t know what had happened on the mountain road, and many, flaunting their status, overtook others, forcing them to yield.
The mountain road suddenly became lively again.
Due to the ordinary nature of her carriage, Xia Wenjin once again experienced being looked down upon by those with a dog’s eyes, overtaken by people in luxurious carriages, who after benefiting, cast condescending and disdainful looks.
However, Xia Wenjin was too lazy to argue.
As long as others weren’t deliberately blocking her way and excessively, she directly ignored them.
The journey didn’t face much further delay, arriving at mid-mountain in the hour of Si.
The Bodhi Temple is located at two-thirds of Shuowang Mountain’s main peak, upon reaching mid-mountain, numerous elegant retreats could be seen.
These retreats were some distance from the Bodhi Temple, able to hear the Buddhist chants from the mountain without disturbing the temple’s tranquility.
Many wealthy families have established secondary residences here.
Of course, money isn’t enough alone, to build a retreat here, one must also possess power and influence.
Xia Wenjin recalled that Huangfu Yuxuan also had a retreat here. A person with blood-stained hands, who employs any means to achieve his ends, yet also wishes to be closer to the Bodhisattva and listen to Buddhist sounds, the world is indeed interesting!
As the carriage moved forward, calmness resumed.
On the lower mountain and road, those with luxurious carriages were so arrogant, flying high, invincible, yet past mid-mountain, each became as meek as a quail, courteous, amiable, with the carriages in order, one after another, no longer overpowering and overtaking.
Moreover, upon reaching here, carriages couldn’t recklessly charge at speed as before, all slowed down.
Xia Wenjin’s simple blue cloth carriage just happened to squeeze between two luxurious carriages, appearing particularly conspicuous.
Yet, soon, from the mid-mountain to half the way to the Bodhi Temple, all the carriages ceased movement, here was a flat terrain designated for parking carriages.
Since carriages couldn’t ascend the mountain, all incense guests wishing to worship had to climb on foot.
During parking, a small incident occurred with the driver of a luxurious carriage behind Xia Wenjin, long agitated, now abruptly squeezed Xia Wenjin’s carriage aside, occupying the best spot.
Fortunately, Old Liang with good driving skills, managed to control the horse, otherwise, would’ve been squeezed off the road.
Then, a few maidservants helped down a proud and beautiful palace-dressed woman.
When that woman stepped down, she raised her eyes, noticing Xia Wenjin opening the carriage curtains, finding only her alone inside, with not a servant around, her expression bore a hint of disdain.
Xia Wenjin merely found it amusing, these people’s sense of superiority was truly inexplicable.
This lady Xia Wenjin remembered, the eldest daughter of the Assistant Minister of the Secretariat’s family, Kang Xiaomin, who in her past life, after knowing Xia Wenjin as a Jianghu woman, believed she was overly ambitious chasing Huangfu Yuxuan, had no shortage of belittling her.
If she guessed correctly, the one in the previous luxurious carriage ought to be the daughter of Imperial Censor Liu’s family, these two were always together.
Indeed, over there, the carriage curtains lifted, Liu Xiuyin also stepped down with the support of maidservants.
The two seemed overly animated as if reunited after a long separation, chattering away.
Due to having squeezed Xia Wenjin’s carriage aside, parking was inconvenient, when she just stepped down, she heard the two actually talking about her, yet not kindly, pointing and gossiping with words like "country bumpkin", "stingy", "commoner", "unworthy". Clearly intentional as their voices were loud, and giggling afterwards.
Xia Wenjin frowned, indeed foolish people are plentiful today.
She wasn’t one to respond to every slight, originally planning to overlook it. Unexpectedly, her intent to avoid trouble was met with more trouble.
