After a while, Lan Ting's Zhuangzi from Lan Country began to send New Year's goods over.
Most of these Zhuangzi have prepared rich local specialties, including sika deer and snow fox. Manmei was busy meeting with Zhuangzi's stewards, checking the accounts and harvests with them, and arranging for them to bring back things for rewards. She was too busy to keep her feet wet.
Really, there is no time to think about other things.
Just when she was so busy that she was about to die from overwork, she suddenly received news from Huangfu's family, asking her to go home quickly, saying it was urgent.
Manmei was very strange, and it was even more strange when she saw that the person was Huangfu Xun's personal guard.
Huangfu Xun and Lan Ting stick together every day. If Manmei hadn't known that Lan Ting was not a womanizer, she would have thought they were in love with each other.
As soon as Huangfuxun's bodyguard saw Manmei, he walked over quickly, cupped his fists and said, "Miss, the young master asked you to go back."
"But something happened at home?" Manmiao was afraid that Mrs. Huangfu might be in trouble, so she put down the account book in her hand and stood up.
The guard shook his head and said, "There is nothing wrong at home. Someone came to see the young lady. The young master asked me to come to see the young lady."
After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and added, "He is a monk."
Manmei's first reaction was to explain, thinking that it was none of my business that this monk was asking me. After thinking about it for a moment, she thought of abstaining from anger, so she asked one more question, "Is there only one monk?"
The guard nodded, "Only one, injured."
Manmiao knew who it was. She dropped the account book in her hand, said a few words to Uncle Fu, explained it, got in the car and left.
The carriage was going to Huangfu's house in Zhuangzi near the capital, and it did not go directly to Huangfu's house.
Manmiao met Jie Ai at Zhuangzi. He was not dressed as a monk, but wore a cloth hat, and even had some hair hanging out. No matter how he looked at it, he looked like a bodyguard, not a monk.
I secretly thought that this person is really great, he can look like anything he pretends to be, it would be a pity not to become an actor.
He didn't seem to be in any serious condition, but he seemed to be in very bad spirits and always felt depressed.
Huangfu Xun knew that she was not good at martial arts and could not see anything, so he took the initiative and said, "He fought with a master and suffered internal injuries. I have given him some medicine."
Jie Ai glanced at Man Miao and said, "I remember that there was a concubine in Huangfu's family."
"The Imperial Concubine is the mother-in-law of His Royal Highness King Yi. What happened to her?" Manmiao corrected him, and she began to wonder. How could a tomb-robber be related to the concubine in the palace?
"The abbot of Fahua Temple is dead." Jie Hei leaned against the wall tiredly, closing his eyes and said, "The abbot was killed."
Manmiao and Huangfuxun looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes, "Someone killed the abbot?"
Jie An nodded, "Today, I found an opportunity and sneaked into the inner courtyard. I was still looking for clues when I saw a man who looked like a general and the abbot walking into the inner courtyard and talking about something.
He kept dragging the abbot to say harmless things, which made me a little surprised. After a while, Shi Kong, the leader of Wenshu Monastery, came over, took advantage of the abbot's unpreparedness, and killed the abbot together with the general.
I hid in the dark and didn't dare to move. I heard the general-looking man explaining some things, which probably meant that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother came to offer incense. I must find an opportunity to kill them and put the blame on them.
King Yi made a failed attempt to assassinate the Queen Mother and assassinated the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
I listened to their conversation and found out that the general-looking man was the leader of the Imperial Guards. He told Shi Kong to just let go and do what he wanted. The Imperial Guards would guard the door and no one would be allowed in."
Huangfu Xun was furious when he heard this, "How brave you are to draw attention to our Huangfu family!"
But what Manmei was thinking was, "Since you were hiding in the dark, how could you be injured? With your ability, you wouldn't be so careless and be discovered, right?"
Jiehe gave a bitter laugh, took the medicine bowl on the table, drank the dark medicine in one gulp, and wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand.
"I was not discovered, but when I went back to the courtyard, I realized that something was wrong. The Imperial Guards surrounded the courtyard of us monks, saying they were looking for the murderer. Those two bastards were charged with killing the abbot.
It's on the walking monk.
Seeing that this situation was not right, I wanted to take a bath. It was not so easy to escape near the yard. I struggled with a master for a long time and was punched before I could escape.
I remembered what you said and lurked for two days before I came to you. Before I came to you, I didn't hear anyone on the street talking about the death of the abbot of Fahua Temple. I guess they were suppressing the matter and not talking about it.
You should be careful, lest you fall into their trap."
"You need to tell your cousin about this immediately. You can't ask your aunt and the Queen Mother to go to Fahua Temple." Huangfuxun sent his personal guards to inform Lan Ting and Manmiao. Manmiao arrived first because they were close to each other. He waited for Jiehe to tell what happened.
It was over, and before Lan Ting came, Manmei discussed with Huangfu Xun what to do.
"I have to go to the palace. I must not ask my aunt and the others to go there at this time." Huangfu Xun became a little anxious when it came to Princess Huangfu. He couldn't sit still and wanted to go out.
Manmei was actually calmer than him when things happened, so she grabbed him and said, "Why are you so anxious? Lan Ting hasn't come back yet. As a son, he hasn't even made up his mind. If we do something wrong now, we won't send him to his door."
Are you going to make excuses for the emperor to deal with it?
Huangfuxun thought that this was also the case, so he sat down and said nothing.
This time Jie Ai came here, firstly, to find a place that could protect him and let him recover from his injuries. Secondly, he wanted to tell Manmiao about this. Now that the task was completed, he could rest in peace and recover. I didn’t care.
What are these siblings talking about?
Lan Ting arrived late. Manmiao and Huangfu Xun had been talking for a long time before he came in disguise.
Jie Hui said it again.
Lan Ting asked in much more detail than the two of them. He knew exactly what the leader of the Imperial Guard said and how Shi Kong answered.
He also asked about the master who fought against Jie Ai. Jie Ai told him one by one about his appearance and the moves he was good at. Lan Ting nodded, "They are enshrined in the inner hall of the palace. These people were left by the prince to Lan Ling."
.I think he was sent to attack first this time, so he must be the one to take action."
With this grace and approval, what the emperor wants to do must be to find the most confidant, and it should not be too many. After all, this matter cannot be announced to the world.
Once someone exposes the fact that the emperor wants to kill the empress dowager, it will probably lead to great chaos.
Lan Ting didn't want to take over a mess. This matter could give the emperor some leverage, but he couldn't let the Lan country become a mess and give other countries an opportunity to take advantage of it.
"We only need to tell the Empress Dowager and mother-in-law about this matter first. There is no need to be too nervous when we arrive at the temple. We have arranged everything and are just waiting for the emperor's people to take action." Lan Ting had to be cautious when it came to his mother-in-law.
