Da Li Temple - Chapter 10.1

Chapter 10.1
Clues

The Da Li Temple, at midnight.
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The night was dark, with flickering candle flames at the windows of the small rooms in the side courtyard. After a heavy rain, the fragrance of fallen grass filled the air.

Lin Wanqing rubbed her sore neck and looked up from the piled papers on her desk. The spring night was dull and heavy, causing people to be sleepy. She couldn’t help but yawn, picking up a bamboo stick and rattling.
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Su Moyi had only given her seven days. If she could find new clues, she could officially enter the Da Li Temple and go to that archive room. Therefore, she had been studying and thinking hard for three days. She didn’t have a place to go, so Lin Wanqing moved all her belongings here. But after all, it was a new environment where everything was still uncomfortable. When working on a case in the Capital Government Office, she and Liang Weiping often debated for several nights. Although she won in an all-around every time, Lin Wanqing felt that there was still a considerable gap between discussing with others and pondering alone. She sighed, missing Liang Weiping a little. Her eyes flew out of the window with fluttering thoughts.

A bright moon hung high in the night sky. The several spring peaches in the courtyard had already grown leaves, and the tips of the leaves glowed with a bit of silver light under the moonlight. Between the flow of the moon, a short wooden plant shook without wind or rain, and a familiar, sweet fragrance came quietly.
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Lin Wanqing was stunned, remembering a flash of red color on Wang Hu’s death night —
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A chill ran up her spine, and she unconsciously clenched her teeth. But at the same time, that unwillingness in her heart appeared and even brought a bit of joy. She immediately fished out a handful of sleeve arrows and exited the small room. That black shadow paused, toeing along the small courtyard’s porch, leaping out of the fence.
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That figure was light — not like a man.
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Lin Wanqing followed closely to chase out of the small courtyard, and saw that person jump down along the corridors toward the small pool not far away. Between the moonlight waves, that black shadow flew, leaving shallow imprints on the pool. She felt that the movement of the black shadow was like dancing. And this dance —
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Lin Wanqing pondered, quickly searching all the memories in her mind. While shaking her head, she felt she was getting farther away from the black shadow. In the blink of an eye, that person had already blended into the night and was no longer visible.
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Lin Wanqing stopped, only to realize she was in an open area. There were no flowers, no trees, not even a single room. If that person wanted to hide, it wouldn’t be here. She moved lightly, following the darkness to find her way there, but there was a clattering sound of water in her ears.
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There was a large study room with light on at the end of the corridor, shimmering in the darkness of the night. From afar, she saw a slender figure in the lighted window pane.
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It was that person! With surprise in her heart, Lin Wanqing’s steps were fast, and she made a violent leap towards the lighted room!
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Bang!!! The wooden window shattered into scraps, and she leaped through the window. The moment she landed on the ground, she felt her feet slipping, seemingly stepping on a puddle of water. Her center of gravity became unsteady, and she fell backward.
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After a muffled sound, everything stopped. She lay on the ground with her whole body aching, struggling for a long time but unable to get up. A cold light above her head pierced towards her —
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The man in the bath raised an eyebrow as he watched this scene. His hand holding the book shook.
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“What do you want this time?” The clear, cold male voice caused the hot air-dense bathroom to drop a few degrees.
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Impossible —

Besides building a terrace, this person also has a bathroom behind the study room.
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Lin Wanqing was speechless and mumbled, “I …… think I saw the assassin who killed Wang Hu ……”
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“Oh?” Su Moyi leisurely put down the book in his hands, leaned forward on his back, and looked at her from the edge of the bath, asking, “Then, did you catch the person?”
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“No — I’m — still chasing —” Lin Wanqing spoke while silently lying on the ground and changing direction, trying to stand up.
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“Lord — you slowly wash — I’ll go elsewhere to check –” She got up and picked up the sleeve arrows. She didn’t even have time to wipe the water on her body, pulling her legs and fleeing.
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But when she raised her head, she saw a copper mirror leaning against the screen. In the reflection, behind Su Moyi — there was — The man in black!
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She was suddenly stunned. Her eyes constricted, and without thinking, she turned toward that black shadow and snapped the mechanism in her hand!

Lin Wanqing heard the sound of water bursting, and she only saw thousands of water waves in front of her eyes in the shaking candle flames.
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However, after the water waves —
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Someone’s firm and flawless skin, well-proportioned and robust lines, and that something she doesn’t have, surprisingly reflected in the candle flame!
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She held her breath in a split second, and a sleeve arrow lost its aim and shot into that bronze mirror. The wave of water poured by Su Moyi extinguished all candle flames in the room, and the instant darkness covered everything in front of Lin Wanqing tracelessly.
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In the darkness, she couldn’t see Su Moyi. Thus, she certainly couldn’t see the man in black. She could only stand on her hands and knees, not knowing what to do.
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“Stay here.” The familiar male voice sounded in her ears, hot air mixed with his unique fragrance swooning away at the tip of her nose.
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Lin Wanqing’s heart trembled, and her feet became even more numb. The breeze blew, and a line of white light flashed before her eyes and felt like soft silk to the touch.
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Su Moyi quickly took the white inner robe on the screen and wrapped his body around it. Between the moonlight overturning, in the ears was the rustling sound between the two.
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The person in black held a weapon, causing the air around whooshing. It must be a sword dance. She didn’t know who was on the upper hand. Within a few moves, someone overpowered the other to the point where the pace was slightly disorganized, and even the moves were incoherent.
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“Hmpph ……” A muffled grunt sounded, followed by the crunching sound of the broken screen.