Yun Shang stood up suddenly, "No, I have to tell the prince about this immediately. Qin Yi, let's go into the palace."
Qin Yi responded quickly, followed Yun Shang downstairs in a hurry, helped Yun Shang get into the carriage, and the carriage quickly rushed to the palace.
When they arrived at the door of the meeting hall, Yun Shang saw that the door of the meeting hall was closed. The chamberlain standing at the door saw Yun Shang approaching and hurriedly greeted her, "The princess is here to see Prince Rui?"
Yun Shang nodded, "Prince Rui is discussing matters in the palace?"
The chamberlain shook his head and said, "Your Majesty went to Lingyin Temple."
"Lingyin Temple?" Yun Shang was a little surprised, "Why did you suddenly go to Lingyin Temple? But what happened?"
"This..." The chamberlain seemed a little embarrassed, "I'm just a servant in front of the palace. I really don't know what happened. I just saw Mr. Li, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and Mr. Qian, the Minister of Household Affairs, rushing over in a hurry.
After reporting something, the prince left the palace with them. As for what happened, I really don’t know."
Yun Shang frowned when he heard this. What happened did the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Husbandry come together to report?
"Princess..." Qinyi asked softly, "Should we go to Lingyin Temple or go back to the house and wait for the prince to come back?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then said: "Go to Lingyin Temple."
She also wanted to know what happened in Lingyin Temple.
After entering the foot of the mountain, there was a long flight of steps that the carriage could not go up. Yun Shang got off the carriage and climbed up the steps with Qinyi and Qianzhi. When they arrived at the temple gate, Yun Shang saw many people surrounding Lingyin Temple.
In front of the temple gate, there was a lot of discussion and they stretched their necks to look at the temple gate.
Yun Shang could only vaguely hear the words missing, woman, etc., but was unable to connect these scattered information.
There were guards guarding the gate of the temple to prevent people from entering. Yun Shang winked at Qianzui and handed the jade pendant around his waist to Qianzui. Qianzui quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words to the guard in front of the temple.
Sentence. The guard looked towards Yun Shang, nodded, then turned around and gave some instructions. Several guards separated the crowd, and Qianzuo quickly walked to Yun Shang's side.
Together with Qin Yi, they protected Yun Shang into Lingyin Temple.
After walking a few steps further inside, Yun Shang saw the secret guard beside Luo Qingyan. The secret guard also walked over quickly and said, "See the princess."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "Take me to find the prince. What happened to Lingyin Temple?"
The secret guard led Yun Shang inside, and then hurriedly whispered: "Many people have disappeared in Jincheng during this period. Today, the missing people were found in Lingyin Temple."
Yun Shang was slightly startled when he heard this. All those missing people are actually in this temple?
The secret guard led Yun Shang into the main hall of the temple. Yun Shang saw Luo Qingyan and Li Qianmo standing in the main hall. There were hundreds of women sitting in the corner of the main hall, all of them were pale, thin and shrunk.
He hid aside and trembled slightly.
Luo Qingyan turned her back to the door of the hall and was talking to Li Qianmo. However, Li Qianmo saw Yun Shang first.
"Are these the rescued people?" Yun Shang asked softly.
When Luo Qingyan heard Yun Shang's voice, he turned around, walked quickly to Yun Shang and asked, "Why are you here?" After asking, he handed the brocade handkerchief from his sleeve to the attendant.
The attendant went to soak the veil.
"I had some gains earlier. I wanted to go to the palace to tell you, but I heard that you came to Lingyin Temple. I knew something must have happened in Lingyin Temple, so I hurriedly came over to take a look." Yun Chang responded softly.
Li Qianmo also came over and saluted Yun Shang with a smile.
The attendant handed the soaked handkerchief to Luo Qingyan, and Luo Qingyan handed it to Yun Shang and said: "The smell of sandalwood in this temple is a bit strong. The doctor said that pregnant people should not smell the strong sandalwood smell.
, just take this and cover your nose, it’s best not to stay here.”
Hearing this, Yun Shang curled up her lips and smiled, gently nodded and said, "Then Li Qianmo, come with me for a walk and tell me what's going on."
Li Qianmo glanced at Luo Qingyan, and seeing that Luo Qingyan didn't refute, he nodded and followed Yun Shang out of the door of the Main Hall. The smell outside was slightly lighter than inside. Yun Shang took the handkerchief.
After coming down, he said softly: "How did you discover these people? Are these the only people in Lingyin Temple?"
Li Qianmo lowered his head and responded: "Recently, more and more people have disappeared in Jincheng. Many people have come to Lingyin Temple to offer incense and pray for the safety of their missing family members. I got up early today to offer morning incense.
When a pilgrim was offering incense, he heard several soft noises coming from under the base of the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, along with a faint cry for help. Someone in the pilgrim's family was also missing, and he became suspicious.
, after coming down from the mountain, I ran to the government office to report the case. Mr. Qian and I were working in the government office at that time, so we hurried into the palace and reported it to His Majesty."
"How many people have disappeared in Jincheng during this period?" Yun Shang asked with a frown.
"A total of 732 people are missing." Li Qianmo frowned and spoke very softly.
There are seven hundred and thirty-two people, but there are only about a hundred people in the palace...and all of them are women.
"Among those 732 people, how many men and women are there?" Yun Shang asked again.
"Among the seven hundred and thirty-two people, only one hundred and forty-six are women, and the rest are all men. All those found in Lingyin Temple today are women. One hundred and forty-six women are missing. Here is
Another hundred and forty-three." Li Qianmo seemed to understand what Yun Shang wanted to ask, and said quickly.
"Three short." Yun Shang murmured, and frowned again, "I'm afraid these three are gone."
But, where were those nearly 600 men being imprisoned? Yun Shang frowned, her eyes full of doubts.
Luo Qingyan walked out, frowning, walked straight to Yun Shang, sighed and said: "These rescued women are probably frightened, each one seems to have lost their souls."
Normally, no matter what I ask, I just keep crying." After saying that, he turned around and looked at Yun Shang, and said softly: "I'm afraid I have to borrow the two maids next to you, Chang'er, to comfort them.
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Yun Shang nodded lightly, "I don't know what they went through when they were imprisoned. Qinyi, please prepare some cold water for them, and have someone prepare some food. Once they calm down a little, ask for help."
Their opinion was that I wanted to ask them some questions and if anyone was willing."
Qin Yi nodded and went in with Qian Zui.
Yun Shang stood beside Luo Qingyan, and then she remembered the jewelry, and quickly told Luo Qingyan the details of what she had discovered in Qianshui Yiren Pavilion. Luo Qingyan was also a little surprised, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "
I think I know what those missing men did."
Yun Shang was stunned. What she was talking about to Luo Qingyan was clearly about jewelry, but Luo Qingyan suddenly turned to the missing people.
After a long while, Yun Shang's eyes widened suddenly and she stared at Luo Qingyan. The two of them said in unison: "Weapon!"
Yes. Why didn't she think that since refining weapons requires materials, they must also need people. The Su Mansion's own personal guards must be closely watched by Xia Huanyu and Luo Qingyan, and at such a critical period
, a large number of outsiders entering the city will definitely attract excessive attention, so it is better to arrest them from Jincheng.
Firstly, although Jincheng is the imperial city of the Xia Kingdom, there are also many poor families and many beggars, but if there are a few, it usually does not attract much attention. Secondly, I am afraid that Su Qi and Su Ruji will not be interested in this plan of theirs.
I am very confident that even if someone discovers it, no one will think of the weapon.
But they were afraid that they had missed one thing, that is, the number of people needed to make weapons was not as few as they originally thought, so they had to arrest people from the city many times. But the more people there were, the greater the risk of exposure. In order to hide
The truth is, they arrested some more women to confuse the situation.
"Princess, there is a woman who said she is willing to cooperate." Qianzui hurriedly walked out and reported in a low voice.
Yun Shang nodded lightly and was about to turn around and walk towards the Main Hall, but was pulled back by Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan glanced at Qianzhu and then ordered: "Bring that woman outside here."
Yun Shang paused and then laughed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I am a doctor and can protect our children well."
Luo Qingyan still refused and shook his head, looking very determined.
Yun Shang had no choice but to obey and asked Qian Zui to bring the woman out.
She is a woman who doesn't look very impressive. She looks like she is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. She is petite, has a delicate appearance, and looks a little timid. She raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Qingyan first, and then turned to look at her.
Yun Shang, his eyes fell on Yun Shang's belly.
Yun Shang smiled and said, "I wonder what this girl's name is?"
The woman's shoulders shrank slightly, she lowered her head and said in a very soft voice, "Axiu."
"Axiu, Axiu." Yun Shang murmured her name twice before saying with a smile: "Axiu, don't be afraid. The man next to me looks a little indifferent, but he is the famous God of War, Prince Rui. He was there some time ago.
He led his troops to defeat the Yelang Kingdom. I am his wife and I am about the same age as you. You are safe and can go home to reunite with your family soon."
When the girl named A Xiu heard this, she raised her head and glanced at Yun Shang again, and smiled reluctantly.
"Just now my maid said that you would like to answer a few questions for me. I will only ask you a few questions. Don't be impatient. Think about it slowly and then answer me after you think about it. Do you think that's okay?" Yun Shang smiled.
road.
Axiu nodded gently and said in a very low voice, "Okay."
Yun Shang didn't care. He must have been extremely scared after such an experience, so he smiled reassuringly at the woman and said softly: "Then I'll start asking." (To be continued)
