Du Teng thought for a while and said: "First of all, we must do it as soon as possible. We have sent so many notices to find Wan Niang in Songfan and Long'an Mansion. Although Ye Yunxuan is in the capital, I am also worried whether he will know about it."
"I also have some regrets. It would be better if it was more secretive."
"What did Zhi Ran say? Who would have thought that Wan Niang would be taken as his concubine? Besides, if he hadn't done this, he might not have been able to get clues."
"The prison continues."
"I'm thinking that we must bring Lu Tengen in. At the same time, we must find a reliable person in Xuanyuan Temple."
Zhao Ran said: "Abbot Bai of Long'an Mansion has also been searching hard."
Du Teng would nod: "Then invite him to come out with us."
In fact, based on Zhao Ran's intuition, he can almost confirm that the concubine Ye Yunxuan has taken in is probably the girl he is looking for. The issue he and Du Teng will discuss now is who to bring in to share the credit.
The problem.
Bai Tengming, like Du Tenghui, is his staunch ally, and this old guy must be brought in; Ye Yunxuan's old house is at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, and it belongs to the capital Lu Tengen's territory. This must also be brought in, and not only does he need to contribute
problem, otherwise Lu Tengen will complain about it in the future, offending a powerful sect in the secular world for nothing, and the gain outweighs the loss; Xuanyuan Guan also needs an insider, and it must be Zhike Xue Tengqian.
Including Du Tenghui himself, there are these four people!
Needless to say, Zhao Ran summoned Ling Yan Nangui Taoist and flew directly to the capital. After landing in front of Jingshou Palace, he came to visit Lu Tengen of the prison.
After waiting for half an hour in the flower hall where distinguished guests were received in the living room, Lu Jianyuan hurried in and said apologetically: "Forgive me, Du Jianyuan, Zhiran, I went to the Taoist temple below, and it was too late to greet you, oops
Really, it’s not my fault for keeping you two waiting for so long..."
Du Teng would smile and say: "It's our fault that you came to visit us unintentionally without informing us in advance. We also took advantage of Zhiran and came by flying geese. However, we were slow to inform you by letter, so we simply came to our door and became an uninvited guest."
After exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Ran signaled to the left and right to stand aside, and told Lu Tengen exactly what happened to Wan Niang.
Ye Yunxuan has not clearly offended Lu Tengen, but who he belongs to, Lu Tengen, who has worked in Xuanyuan Guan for many years, knows very well. Lu Tengen himself is Li Yunhe, and the people in Zhao Yunlou are naturally happy to hear that Ye Yunxuan is involved in the case.
At that moment, Zhao Ran wrote two more letters and asked Lingyan to go to Long'an Mansion and Qingcheng Mountain respectively to bring Bai Tengming and Xue Tengqian over.
In nature, this was a private case and was against the rules. Zhao Ran would definitely not make such a mistake, so he asked Dongfang Li for the authorization document stamped by Sanqing Pavilion, and Zhao Ran took the lead in the name of Sanqing Pavilion.
This is to directly bypass Zhao Yunlou, but since the matter is serious and there is no solid evidence, we can only do this for the time being. We will report it to Zhao Yunlou after we get the solid evidence.
Zhao Ran emphasized: "Everyone, the purpose of this case is to find out the whereabouts of this Wan Niang and provide clear evidence for Dongji Pavilion and Sanqing Pavilion. In addition, we also need to verify why Ye Yunxuan hid Wan Niang secretly.
Whether he is involved in the Xiu'an case investigated by Dongji Pavilion and Sanqing Pavilion, and whether he has participated in this kind of behavior that is immoral and violates the precepts, these are two things we need to focus on."
Zhao Ran is very concerned about both things, but the other four are more concerned about the latter one. As long as Ye Yunxuan is involved, he can legitimately investigate other problems. Don't believe that he is a seamless egg!
The five people held a secret discussion in Jingshou Palace, assigned tasks to each of them, and a high-level task force was established.
With the supervision of the three mansions and one of the eight deacons of Xuanyuan Guan planning together and taking action with all their strength, Zhao Ran doesn’t have to worry about the rest. Those who can achieve this position are all veterans with decades of experience. There are many things
He was more thoughtful than Zhao Ran, so there was no need for Zhao Ran to take action anymore.
First of all, it was confirmed from Li Zheng of Li Cun Village that in early September last year, Ye Yunxuan did take a concubine in the house at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain. At that time, he gave some food to the tenants and other people in the village. The housekeeper Ye also invited the village's housekeeper
The elder, Li Zheng and others had a meal, but they never saw the bride.
After the news was confirmed, a trustworthy official from Jingshou Palace came forward, made a game in the gambling house, detained a servant in the inner house, and asked about the situation of the new concubine in the house.
It was later confirmed that the concubine Xina was named "Wan Niang" was very similar to the person in the portrait, and her characteristics were completely consistent.
Zhao Ran already knew this, but he couldn't say it. If he said it, it would bring out the affair between Zhang Wujin and A Luo. Now, it would be more effective if these four people verified it in person.
At this point, the matter can be considered to have made significant progress. However, there is very bad news that Wan Niang was secretly transferred away in August, and her whereabouts are unknown.
Now everyone understood that this was probably a large-scale search for people in northwest Sichuan that was discovered by Ye Yunxuan. Although Zhao Ran did not explain why he was looking for someone or what he was looking for, those who knew it would understand at a glance that Daomen would come to find him.
This shows that this woman is involved in quite a lot of things. I am afraid Ye Yunxuan sent her away just for this reason. I wonder if he has figured out where Wan Niang came from. If he knows the ins and outs of the matter, Zhao Ran is worried that he will be very worried.
Possibly killing people and silencing them.
Several people met to discuss it and felt that this matter must be launched immediately without any further delay.
Ye Yunxuan is a member of Xuanyuan Temple. Qingcheng Mountain is right next to the capital. He still has a great influence on Jingshou Palace. The master of Jingshou Palace Sutra Hall is Ye Yunxuan. In order to prevent the news from leaking, the capital here
The manpower cannot be used with confidence for the time being, so the task force decided to transfer people from Zhenwu Palace in the West of Long'an Prefecture, which is closest to the capital.
Taoist Lingyan Nangui had gone through a lot of trouble this time. He made four consecutive trips to transport eight Fangtang from the West Zhenwu Palace of Long'an Prefecture for inspection. After all the people handling the case were gathered, they were led by Fangtang, a close confidant of the Lu Supervisory Academy.
, trapped Ye Yunxuan’s housekeeper.
This housekeeper had lived a good life for many years, but how could he withstand Fangtang's inspection methods? At first he stiffened his neck and scolded him, but it didn't take long before he confessed everything.
Wan Niang was only sent out of the house on August 17. She took a carriage filled with all the things she had used and was sent to a villa by the Jinjiang River outside the city in the middle of the night.
Counting the days, it has been more than ten days.
This villa is named after a silk merchant in the capital. It is apparently the businessman's property, but it is actually a place of enjoyment for Ye Yunxuan.
Since the property was not under Ye Yunxuan's name, they could feel more at ease during the search. They could just find any excuse. So, the Fangtang inspectors went straight to Bieye outside Jinjiang.
When the results were reported, the task force was surprised and disappointed at the same time. The surprise was that Wan Niang was sent to hide here, and her maid was also in other places. The disappointment was that Wan Niang was not there.
The servants from other cities were interrogated overnight, and they confessed that Wan Niang was picked up by a carriage three days ago. As for where she was taken, no one knew.
During the interrogation of the maid, a major breakthrough was made in the case. The maid cried and took out a must-have note, which was what Wan Niang had left for her. According to the maid, when Wan Niang was transferred to Jinjiang Villa overnight, she quietly told her
, said that she might not die soon, and wrote a letter, saying that in view of her good service over the past year, it was reserved for her to save her life. If something happened in the future, she would take out this last letter.
, or your life can be saved.
The maid was illiterate, so she couldn't understand what was written in the final letter. After being seized by Fangtang during the inspection today, she immediately presented the letter and begged the Taoist masters to spare her life. According to her confession, she originally wanted to be with Wan Niang.
She was sent away overnight, but the owner of Ye Ye saw her beauty and decided to keep her, saying that he planned to take her as his concubine.
The content of the letter actually has nothing to do with the maid. It is a letter of accusation from Wan Niang.
She said that she and her husband Meng Lang received several guests from the capital when they were at Yangshan Academy. One was named Wang, and the other three Taoist priests were named "Chunfeng", "Guanyun" and "Xiaoyao".
When these people came to Yangshan Academy, their husband received him well, but he was slaughtered innocently. As a weak woman, she could not resist, so she had to bear the humiliation and endure humiliation, and was later sold to Ye Yunxuan as a concubine by these people. Although this year
He was well-dressed and well-fed, but his life was worse than death. He was humiliated by Ye Yunxuan in various ways every night.
The letter said that if anyone sees this last letter, it means that she has been harmed by Ye Yunxuan, and it begs the person who sees the letter to avenge her.