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If they'd known earlier that this shabby temple was actually a bandit den, then even if they'd realized a monk was searching their rooms just now, they should've acted like they didn't care, or played dumb. No matter what, it'd have been better than losing their lives.
"Ouch~~"
A woman stumbled and fell to the ground. The maid and old servant beside her hurriedly yanked her up, not even checking whether their mistress had twisted her ankle, and kept running out.
The few scattered incense visitors outside saw a crowd suddenly rush out of the main hall, panicking and running while shouting "Help!", and without knowing what had happened, they all followed and ran out too.
Suddenly, thick smoke billowed up from somewhere inside the temple, and then someone cried out in alarm: "This is bad, there's a fire~~"
