The attitude of the elders of Nanyuan is still strong and firm.
At this time, the elder of the west dean also looked at her and said slowly, "Madam, the great elder cannot leave the inner hall easily."
"Can't" does not mean "not allowed".
This means that the great elder cannot leave the inner hall due to some reasons of his own.
In this case, things become even stranger.
She thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder if it would be convenient for us to go and see the great elder's room?"
The four of them looked at each other, and in the end, the two elders from the South Dean and the East Dean, whose relationship was not so stiff, accompanied her to the residence of the great elder.
Originally, she was going to bring Long Tianyu with her, but the elder of the North Campus said that she had something to discuss with him.
Although the troops were divided into two groups, Long Tianyu secretly told her not to worry.
She always has full confidence in her men.
Therefore, Qinghu followed her, his eyes firmly locked on the two people.
He stared straight at the elder of Nanyuan, as if he was tied up with a rope, and he felt uncomfortable at all.
In contrast, the elders in Dongyuan are much luckier.
He kept chatting with Lin Mengya with a smile, and she also hoped to learn more about the temple through this.
"In fact, madam, there is no need to be so wary of us."
The elder of the East Branch looked at the two people behind him helplessly.
The look in the guard's eyes, let alone Nanyuan's old age, made even him feel cold all over as he watched.
Lin Mengya smiled and said, "He's used to this, just don't look at him."
The elder of the East Dean smiled bitterly.
He also wanted to ignore it, but that person's presence was too strong.
As a last resort, the elder of the East Campus had to take courage and talk to her.
"Speaking of which, when the Great Elder was still here, he often talked about you and the temple master. He said that after all these years, the temple has finally welcomed a new mistress. However, it is probably fate.
If the original great elder got married to the previous head of the Gong family, then our temple would have two mistresses from the Gong family."
For her, these words were both unexpected and reasonable.
The women of the Gong family may have been the goddess of all people for generations.
Otherwise, there would be no friends all over the world.
But the official head of the family should be her great-grandmother.
From everyone's descriptions, she can indeed piece together a woman of extraordinary grace and intelligence.
It was also from her generation that the heads of the Gong family escaped from that sad fate.
"I didn't expect that the great elder is related to my great-grandmother?"
The elder of the East Dean smiled. "Don't underestimate us old guys. The Great Elder was also a famous figure back then. Alas, it's a pity that the hero is getting old, so I won't talk about it anymore."
It is obvious that the elder of Dongyuan knows some of the inside story.
But Lin Mengya couldn't keep asking, so the four of them quickly arrived at the room where the great elder lived.
There are no carved or painted buildings here, and it is even a little too simple.
The tables, chairs, benches, and other furnishings in the room all looked a bit old.
Although the owner has not returned for many days, the place is still clean and tidy.
It seems that the owner of the house should have a careful and steady personality.
The elder of the East Branch did not go in. He sighed and said, "You two, go in and take a look. We will stay outside. If you have any questions, you can call us at any time."
Lin Mengya nodded and walked in with Qinghu.
Inside, the life of the original owner abounds.
The inkstone on the desk is somewhat dry and cracked, presumably because the owner has not used it for a long time.
The used brush was placed on the inkstone, and even the ink on the tip of the brush had not been washed away.
Judging from the overall style of the house, the owner has good living habits.
Moreover, this pen is not new, but both the barrel and the brush are in good condition.
Therefore, unless there is an emergency, the owner of the pen will never drop the pen and leave.
But the strange thing is that there is not a single piece of paper on the table.
Regardless of whether they were written with or without words, they were all placed on the bookshelf behind the desk.
She looked through some at random and found that the ink marks on those papers should have been from a long time ago.
So what about what the great elder has written recently?
She raised her head and asked, "Has anyone entered this room since the Great Elder disappeared?"
The elder of the South Dean frowned and said rather dissatisfiedly, "Where do you think our inner hall is?"
Even if the Great Elder is not here, no one dares to enter or leave his room at will."
The elder of the East Dean on the side immediately explained, "To be honest with you two, the rules in the inner hall are very strict.
Under normal circumstances, even the four of us cannot easily enter the great elder's house."
Lin Mengya continued to ask, "What about extraordinary circumstances? Since you know that the Great Elder is missing, someone must have come in to look for him."
These words were almost in a tone of quarrel with the elder of Nanyuan, who raised eyebrows and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying that all of us who have entered the elder's house are suspects?"
"Elder Nanyuan
, you are so excited and are preventing us from looking for the great elder. Could it be that you have something wrong in your heart?"
Facing Lin Mengya's questioning, the elder maintained his rationality that was about to collapse under Qinghu's cold eyes.
He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, showing the magnanimity that he had possessed in his life.
"The disappearance of the great elder has nothing to do with me, but I saw a lot of people in this room.
The elders of the four deans, as well as the people who are usually responsible for taking care of the great elder, as well as the subordinates who are looking for the great elder with us.
They have more or less entered the great elder's house, is it possible that you want to say that all of them are suspects?"
There are so many people.
Lin Mengya couldn't help but feel a little headache.
Judging from the condition of the brush and inkstone, the great elder must have been writing something at that time, but now he has disappeared.
Not even a piece of paper was left. If the great elder didn't take it away himself, it was put away by someone else.
Maybe it was the person who wanted to harm the great elder and did it to eliminate the evidence.
She softened her tone slightly.
"Why is the elder of Nanyuan so angry? I didn't say that it was you who did this, and I believe that among these people, you are the only one who sincerely hopes that the elder will return."
Although the attitude of the Nanyuan elder is a bit strange, he is currently the one with the most sufficient reasons.
The struggle in the inner palace must have been going on for a long time, and the sudden disappearance of the great elder may be a major blow to the South Academy.
Therefore, although the Nanyuan Elder had been in constant conflict with them, it did not hinder their investigation into the disappearance of the First Elder.
Lin Mengya temporarily gave up on the clues on the desk and instead scanned the structure and layout of the entire room inch by inch.
Xiaoyao in the system is using ultra-fast speed to analyze what is abnormal here.
"Master, there are some blood stains on the bed."
Xiaoyao's reminder made her focus on the old bed.
The bedding is neat and tidy. On the surface, it seems that the owner has never slept on it.
But Lin Mengya smelled the faint fragrance of soap locust on the quilt.
Everyone has their own smell, and when these flavors are mixed with saponin and incense, they form a unique odor characteristic for everyone.
Moreover, the smell of each person has a lot to do with his recent diet and even his mood.
But she only smelled the scent of soap locust on these bedding, not the scent of its owner.
It can be seen that the bedding here must have been changed by someone.
The reason why Xiaoyao can identify blood stains is that Because the blood seeped into the quilt.
Although you can't see it from the outside, you can easily find it if you open the sheets and quilt cover.
She immediately reached out and pulled the quilt.
"What are you going to do?" The elder of Nanyuan School outside looked puzzled.
But when he saw the dark traces remaining on the blue quilt after Lin Mengya took off the bed sheet, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"What's this?"
Lin Mengya smelled the blood and said, "Human blood, if I guess correctly, it should be the great elder's."
The expressions of the elders from the South Campus and the Elder from the East Campus changed.
The latter was even more surprised and said, "How could the Great Elder bleed? He was still fine when he came back. He didn't look injured at all."
Elder Nan's face was gloomy, "Isn't this simple? Someone must have wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the great elder, so they secretly attacked him!"
The elder of the East Campus immediately said seriously, "From the South Campus, you have no evidence now, so it's not easy to accuse others unjustly!"
"Did I wrong him?"
Dean Nan was so angry that he went crazy.
“When our South Campus elected the Grand Elder, your East Campus and West Campus did a lot of things to hinder it!
What? Are you afraid of being annexed by our South Campus, so you resort to such despicable tactics to deal with the Great Elder?
If you are wise, tell me the whereabouts of the Great Elder quickly, otherwise, our South Court will definitely be incompatible with your East and West Courts!"
The elder of the East Dean also blushed with anger.
"Younger of the South Courtyard, please don't slander anyone!"
"Whether I'm slandering others or not, you know better than me." Dean Nan said coldly.
"That's enough, don't argue anymore."
Lin Mengya frowned and immediately separated the two.
Qinghu stood between the two of them, and his cold aura suddenly extinguished their anger.
Only then did she have the opportunity to persuade the two of them.
"Two elders, there are now various signs that there must be something wrong in the inner palace."
Not to mention that people outside could not easily find the great elder's room. Even if they found it by accident, they probably wouldn't be able to be so careful.
She pointed to the room and continued to the two of them, "You see, everything here looks very neat and tidy. How could a stranger do this?"
That person must be familiar with the layout of the great elder's room, so he was able to find spare sheets and quilt covers in the shortest possible time.
If it were done by an outsider, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as watertight as this.
The elder of the South Dean thought for a moment with a gloomy face, and then shouted outside, "Go and call all the people who are usually responsible for serving the great elder!"
