"Uncle Wu, where have you been there during this period?" Li Zhang asked Lu Wu with concern at the second floor of Weizhai. He said to Lu Wu with concern. He had never seen anyone since Lu Wu went to the Tizheng Department. At first, Li Zhang and the others didn't care. After all, Lu Wu has always been like this, but after a long time, they began to worry. For this reason, Li Yonghe also went to the Tizheng Department to inquire, but he didn't find any useful information.

"I've been busy with a case during this period, and I went to another place for this. I just came back today, but I was exhausted. Is this restaurant newly opened by you?" Lu Wu also looked around when he said this, and then he couldn't help but frown and said, "It seems that the business is not very good. Why don't there be a customer on the second floor?"

"This restaurant was an idea that Huozi came up with. There was indeed something wrong with the business, but I also thought of a solution. I guess the business will get better in a while." Li Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Lu Wu was indeed busy with the case.

Just as Li Zhang finished speaking, Xiuxiu came over with a tray and said, "Uncle Wu, try it quickly. This is the new dish in the store, or I made it myself!"

Today, new dishes were added to the restaurant, which happened to be another tenth day, so Li Zhang and his group of people came, and they also met Lu Wu and came back, so Li Zhang accompanied him to the second floor to eat something and welcome him by the way.

"I have been in the wind and rain outside during this period. What I miss most is Xiuxiu's craftsmanship. Today I have to have a good meal!" Lu Wu laughed when he heard Xiuxiu's words. He said, picking up the chopsticks and eating them. He also praised Xiuxiu's craftsmanship while eating.

"Did the guests below order our new dishes?" Li Zhang also asked Xiuxiu with a smile.

"I ordered it. Three tables of customers ordered roast duck, and after eating it, they all praised it, which attracted several other tables of customers to order roast duck. Originally, I prepared roast duck for Uncle Wu, but the customers urged him too quickly, so I had no choice but to give it to them first!" Xiuxiu replied excitedly at this time.

"I don't have a hurry here, you can greet the guests first!" Lu Wu waved his hand when he heard this. Anyway, he was all his own people, so he ate morning and evening.

Xiuxiu knew not to be polite to Lu Wu. She agreed clearly and then went downstairs to greet the guests. Li Zhang remembered the conversation just now, so he continued to ask: "Uncle Wu, what case did you handle before? Why did it take so long?"

"This..." Lu Wu hesitated for a moment when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then said vaguely, "This case is the first case I took over after entering the Examination Department. And the queen personally ordered me to handle the case. It was just because it was a long time ago and it was very difficult to handle it."

Lu Wu said so much, but he never said what the case was. However, Li Zhang got two useful information from his words. First, the case was actually ordered by Liu E, and it was still a long time ago. This made him think of something before and blurted out: "Uncle Wu, can't the case you handled have been related to Shui Yuanzi, right?"

"You...how do you know Shui Yuanzi? Could it be that the queen told you?" Lu Wu was shocked when he heard Li Zhang's words. In fact, Liu E summoned him to the palace and ordered him. He did not go through the hands of the Tizheng Department at all, so no one except him should know about it.

"It's true that this is the matter. In fact, I was the first to discover about Shui Yuanzi. Then the prince told the queen. I also guessed that the queen would definitely ask someone to investigate Shui Yuanzi's background, but I didn't expect that it was you, Uncle Wu." Li Zhang smiled and said again.

"So that's it, but can you be sure that Your Majesty and the Princess are sick because of this Shui Yuanzi?" Lu Wu nodded thoughtfully when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then asked again. It seemed that Liu E had not concealed anything from him.

"At least 90% of the time, Uncle Wu, since you have started investigating Shui Yuanzi, have you also found that this person is a bit like a wild dog?" Li Zhang said at the end, a solemn expression also appeared on his face.

"Yes, I've discovered this a long time ago. I'm going to ask the wild dog when I come back to see if he knows this Shui Yuanzi?" Lu Wu nodded and said.

"I have asked, the wild dog has never heard of the name Shui Yuanzi, let alone know him. Of course, this does not mean that the wild dog has nothing to do with Shui Yuanzi. Maybe Shui Yuanzi changed his name after pretending to die." Li Zhang shook his head and said.

"Do you think Shui Yuanzi is not dead?" Lu Wu frowned when he heard Li Zhang's words. Although he was suspicious, he had mainly checked Shui Yuanzi's origin before, and even rode a fast horse to Shandong. It was just that because time had passed too long, he did not find any useful information.

"The wild dog is only ten years old, but this Shui Yuanzi died before the wild dog was born. Although there is no evidence, I suspect that the wild dog is probably Shui Yuanzi's son. If it is really as I guess, then Shui Yuanzi must not have died. In addition, his death is too strange. He died after offering gold tableware. And why do a large number of crocodiles appear in the Bian River? These are all doubts that cannot be solved!" Li Zhang analyzed very seriously.

After hearing Li Zhang's words, Lu Wu also showed a thoughtful expression. After a while, he spoke again: "If Shui Yuanzi is not dead, the wild dog will run out from the ground again. Could it be that Shui Yuanzi has been hiding under Tokyo?"

"It is very likely that if Uncle Wu, you are not tired, you would take me and the wild dog to the same place in the afternoon. I would have wanted to go there a long time before, but I just didn't have time." Li Zhang said again.

“Where?”

"Shuiyuan Temple!"

"The Taoist temple established by Your Majesty for Shui Yuanzi?" Lu Wu's eyes lit up when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then nodded in agreement, "Okay, please let the wild dog prepare, let's go after dinner!"

After lunch, Lu Wu rode a horse with Li Zhang and Wild Dog and ran all the way. Because Li Zhang and Wild Dog are both children, they also rode with Lu Wu. Among them, Li Zhang was behind Lu Wu and the wild dog was at the end. As a result, Li Zhang, who was riding a horse for the first time, was almost vomited out. He was afraid of falling off the horse, so he could only hug Lu Wu desperately. In contrast, the wild dog was obviously at ease and even asked Lu Wu for riding skills.

Shuiyuan Temple is located in the lower reaches of the Bian River, which is located in the southeast corner of Tokyo City. When Li Zhang and the other two arrived here, they found that the Shuiyuan Temple was not small in scale, and there were people coming and going in front of the Taoist temple. The cigarettes were also vague in the view, and it seemed that the incense was very prosperous.

Lu Wu got off his horse and took Li Zhang and the wild dog to the Taoist temple. There were some Taoist priests who knew guests. Speaking of which, this Shuiyuan Temple is a bit similar to the Wuqi Temple, both of which were built for people, and both of them were also rewarded by the emperor. Of course, compared to Wuqi, Shuiyuanzi's achievements are really not worth mentioning.

At that moment, Li Zhang and the other two came to the hall together, and there was a statue of a god in a Taoist robe standing in the middle. The Taoist priest was about forty years old, with three long beards under his jaw, and handsome facial features and a righteous face. However, the statue of the god is not a photo, and the statue of Shui Yuanzi is like this, but the real person may not look like this. For example, after Li Zhang came in, he kept observing the wild dog, but the wild dog looked at the statue without any abnormal reaction.

At this time, Lu Wu also found the master of Shui Yuan Temple. The other party was an old Taoist who was nearly 60 years old. He was tall and thin, with a very neat beard, and looked quite fairy-like.

"I, Xuan Chengzi, I wonder what the official is asking me for?" Lu Wu had already shown his waist card just now, so Xuan Chengzi knew that Lu Wu was from the government and seemed very polite at this time.

"Master Xuancheng, we are quite impressed when we hear the deeds of this Taoist Master Shui Yuanzi. I wonder if you know him?" Lu Wu did not explain his purpose, but instead asked with a lie. Shui Yuanzi has only been dead for more than ten years, and there should be many people who have seen him.

"Haha, it turns out that you want to inquire about Shui Yuanzi's deeds. It's a coincidence that I do know Shui Yuanzi. I had made a pill for him back then, but if you want to know Shui Yuanzi's deeds, I can tell you a little bit!" Xuan Chengzi said at this time, and actually moved to the back hall, and Lu Wu and the others followed closely. Only then did they find that there were many murals painted on the walls on the back hall, which seemed to record some of Shui Yuanzi's deeds.

Xuan Chengzi brought them to the first mural, and saw a dead man lying on the ground. Next to him was a Taoist priest who was about to feed a pill to the dead man's mouth. In the distance, there was a huge team coming here. There were colorful auspicious clouds on the team, and it seemed that the person who came was an extraordinary identity.

Seeing this painting, Li Zhang immediately understood that this was probably what the legendary Shui Yuanzi could have resurrected and was encountered by Zhao Heng, who went to Mount Tai for the Fengshan Mountains. However, this kind of thing was obviously not credible. Li Zhang was more inclined to be a play that Shui Yuanzi deliberately arranged and performed in front of Zhao Heng, so that he could get close to Zhao Heng.

Sure enough, Xuancheng pointed to the painting and explained it, almost the same as what Li Zhang knew. Then he talked about the contents of the mural one by one, just some stories that boasted about Shui Yuanzi, such as alchemy, attending royal banquets, etc. Li Zhang also yawned, and these were no useful information at all.

When Xuan Chengzi talked about the last mural, Li Zhang was so excited that the content of this mural was about Shui Yuanzi's fight against the crocodile in the Bian River. Between the rolling waves, one person and one crocodile fought each other in life and death, which looked quite shocking.
Chapter completed!