"Zhao Xuan, it's his first time here and he's not familiar with it. Send someone to lead the horse to the stable!"
Just as Chai Yan wanted to speak, he was interrupted by Hang Baiqiu's words.
Zhao Xuan quite listened to Hang Baiqiu's words, and after hearing the words, he said to a general: "Old Chen, take the horse to the stable and feed it more fodder."
"Yes, Manager Zhao!" The general took the order, took the reins of the two horses from Chai Yan, and left.
Then, Zhao Xuan said again: "Sister Qiu, let's go in quickly, the young master is still waiting in the room."
Hang Baiqiu didn't know whether it was intentional or not, but he glanced at Chai Yan, nodded and followed Zhao Xuan. Chai Yan didn't say much and followed them quietly.
Yangxin Temple is not big, and after only walking for half a quarter of an hour, the three of them walked through the main hall and arrived outside a small monastery. Zhao Xuan said that this was where the young master, the eldest brother of the crown prince, lived.
On the way here, Hang Baiqiu had already briefly introduced to Chai Yan the situation of the Crown Princess's eldest brother. The Crown Princess' eldest brother's surname was Zhao, and his single name had the character "璁" (璁), which was homophonic to the character "Cong".
Zhao Cong is indeed as his name suggests. He has been very smart since he was a child and can learn and do anything very quickly. His family has high hopes for him. However, this person has a problem, that is, he is a womanizer!
But unlike those drunkards, Zhao Cong belongs to the romantic but not obscene category. In his own words: He will never go down hard on any woman!
After the announcement, Hang Baiqiu and Chai Yan entered the Zen courtyard and then entered the Zen room.
As soon as he entered the door, an anxious voice rang out: "Oh, my, Qiu Mei! You are finally here, Qiu Mei, do you know how anxiously your brother is waiting for you?"
The speaker was a handsome man between the ages of 25 and 30. Judging from his unusual attire and name for Hang Baiqiu, he must be the eldest brother of the Crown Princess, Zhao Cong!
Hang Baiqiu seemed to dislike the name "Qiu Mei", and her eyebrows tightened slightly at that time, but she did not hold back and said nothing.
"Brother, please don't blame me for coming late!" Hang Baiqiu said politely.
"Qiu Mei, there is no need to be polite, this will make you look uneasy!" When Zhao Cong spoke, he pretended to be unhappy.
Zhao Xuan greeted: "Sister Qiu, sit down and talk..."
Hang Baiqiu nodded, walked to a nearby chair and sat down, and Zhao Cong also sat down directly opposite her.
As Hang Baiqiu's assistant, Chai Yan consciously stood behind her. Zhao Xuan closed the door of the Zen room and walked to stand behind Zhao Cong.
At this time, Zhao Cong said in an unjust tone: "Qiu Mei, you must help your brother. It is really not my brother who killed me, but someone deliberately framed me!"
Hang Baiqiu looked serious, frowned and asked: "Brother, please tell me in detail everything that happened after you came here!"
Zhao Cong nodded cooperatively and said slowly: "Four days ago in the evening, Zhao Xuan and I took a group of generals to Yuping Mountain..."
According to Zhao Cong, they set out from the capital to Yuping Mountain in the morning four days ago. They arrived at Yangxin Temple before dark that day, and then stayed there for one night without incident. Unexpectedly, the person named Hui Nian was there the next night.
The nun was raped and his body was hung in the attic of the side hall.
When Hui Nian's body was discovered, she was holding a purple jade pendant in her hand, and the owner of the jade pendant was none other than Zhao Cong. This purple jade pendant became the most powerful evidence!
After the murder occurred, Zhao Xuan examined the body, and it was Zhao Xuan who discovered that Hui Nian had not hanged himself, but had been deliberately strangled to death.
Zhao Cong knew that he could not leave like this, so he discussed with Zhao Xuan and sealed off the entire Yangxin Nunnery. Not only were outsiders not allowed to enter, but people inside the Yangxin Nunnery were not allowed to go out. At the same time, he also sent his family generals back to the capital to report to the prince.
Concubine asks for help!
After describing the general situation, Zhao Cong stood up, raised three fingers, held his head high and solemnly swore: "I, Zhao Cong, swear to God, if I am the murderer who raped and killed Hui Nian, I will be struck by thunder from the sky.
, don’t die a good death!”
Zhao Xuan also said: "Sister Qiu, please believe the young master, he was framed!"
Hang Baiqiu said cautiously: "Brother, don't worry, if I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have come here!"
Zhao Cong was immediately moved.
Hang Baiqiu asked again: "Brother, just now you said that when you found Hui Nian's body, she was holding a purple jade pendant in her hand. How could your jade pendant be in her hand?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Zhao Cong became very angry and slapped the handle of the chair with his palm.
Zhao Xuan then answered for the young master: "Sister Qiu, that jade pendant was bought by the young lady from Meiyu Zhai in the capital and given to the young master. The young master always wore it, but unexpectedly he lost it on the day he came to Yangxin Temple.
Early in the morning, I was actually holding it in the hands of a dead man! It was this jade pendant that wrongfully killed the young master..."
Zhao Cong sighed and concluded: "Qiu Mei, the murderer must have picked up my jade pendant and took the opportunity to frame the blame on my brother!"
Chai Yan had doubts after listening for a long time, so he lowered his head and asked during the gap: "Sir Hang, there is something I don't understand..."
"What?" Hang Sushi turned his head slightly.
Chai Yan whispered: "They are all men, not even a female family member. Why would they choose to come to Yangxin Temple to worship the Buddha? It doesn't feel right to think about it..."
Hang Baiqiu thought the same thing. Logically speaking, Zhao Cong should go to the temple to worship Buddha! Why did he choose a nunnery so far away?
"Brother, come here, why don't you come with your sister-in-law?" Hang Baiqiu asked.
Zhao Cong was not stupid. He understood Hang Baiqiu's question and immediately explained: "Qiu Mei, your sister-in-law was originally going to come, but she suddenly fell ill before departure, but she couldn't miss the time to fulfill her wish, otherwise
It was disrespectful to the Buddha! So, I let her stay at home, and I went to fulfill my vow to the Buddha, but I happened to encounter such an unlucky thing... Alas!"
At the end of the sentence, Zhao Cong sighed in annoyance, while Zhao Xuan nodded and frowned.
Chai Yanxin said that this reason was quite reasonable, so he asked in a low voice again: "Sir Hang, please ask him if he had any communication with the deceased the day before the crime occurred?"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Hang Baiqiu could ask another question, Zhao Xuan, who was behind Zhao Cong, became angry. He pointed at Chai Yan and scolded: "You! Do you still have any rules?"
As for Chai Yan quietly biting Hang Baiqiu, Zhao Cong saw it just now. Although he didn't say it, he was not very happy in his heart, so he followed Zhao Xuan and asked: "Qiu Mei, what are you doing with me?"
What is this person here for?"
Hang Baiqiu introduced with a serious expression: "Brother Shi, his name is Chai Yan, and he is my assistant. For this case, I specially asked him to come here to help..."
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