Shuanghu County is located near the main road of Gyeonggi Province. Although its population of more than 100,000 is not that large, its wealth is undeniable. The Zhang family, where the Crown Princess was born, is a scholarly family. It is a wealthy scholarly family and has only three top scholars.
, the prince had to think carefully whether he wanted to abolish her.
"Princess! You go home to pay your respects, and Chang Diji comes with me..."
Zhao Guanren shouted while riding on the horse. Chang Diji immediately jumped out of the carriage and jumped on a white horse to follow him. At this time, they had entered Shuanghu County. Not only were the city gates blocked by a large number of officers and soldiers, but also the surrounding villages and towns.
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"Big head! Lead the way to the east of the city..."
Zhao Guanren only led fifty dragoons, and the rest were stationed outside the city. Although the sun had not yet set, there were not many people on the main road. The people were afraid of getting into trouble, so they hid at home and watched them.
Horses gallop.
"I have circled several suspicious locations. Minister Qiu and the others should still be searching..."
Lu Datou was familiar with the roads and rode forward. A city of more than 100,000 people was not too big. It was just a district of a small city. After running for more than ten minutes, he could see the city gate on the other side, but Qiuning was
He was very attentive and specially arranged for dragoons to meet him at the roadside.
"Your Highness! Minister Qiu and the others are in the west, please come with me..."
Two cavalry led them to the west, and soon they arrived outside a temple. A large number of officers and soldiers were searching the area. From a distance, they saw Qiu Ning standing outside the temple gate, and Yuan Laosan stood next to her.
Joking, Qiu Ning frowned impatiently.
"Master! You are here..."
Qiu Ning suddenly jumped down the steps with a smile on her face, rushed to the roadside and held Zhao Guanren's horse. Zhao Guanren jumped down and said with a smile: "Qiu Beauty seems to be very popular!"
"It disgusts me to death. Yuan Laosan is following me like a fly..."
Qiu Ning said disdainfully: "At first, he offered a lot of money and inducements, but when he saw that I was unmoved, he began to threaten me again, saying that he would give me ten beautiful concubines in exchange for one night. The sixth prince and Ernan were both doing business, and he was the only one doing nothing. It seemed that
It’s like it has nothing to do with his family!”
"Isn't this a good thing? How happy it is to do things with idiots..."
Zhao Guanren walked towards Yuan Laosan with a smile and said: "Old San! Don't hold your hands and giggle. It will delay your father's important event. Be careful that he will skin you, but after it is done, you have to treat him. It's such a big deal.
Your father will definitely reward you for your contribution!"
"Ah? What kind of credit..."
Yuan Laosan looked at him with a confused face. Zhao Guanren quickly looked around and said in surprise: "You can't be just a decoration. You don't know such an important thing. Hurry and get the person in charge to come see me!"
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"Prince Zhao! What can you tell me if you have anything to say to me..."
A middle-aged civil servant came over and saluted, but Yuan Laosan kicked him away and said angrily: "Do you have the right to speak here? You can interfere in everything. I am the master of this place. Don't let me."
If I see you again, you will be punished by military law!"
"Oh~ The mistress is so majestic, he has really made progress..."
Ye Jier walked over with a smile, and her dismissive attitude made Yuan Laosan even more angry. He quickly pulled Zhao Guanren aside and said anxiously: "Brother Zhao Xian! I came out in a hurry and didn't talk to my father.
Tell me again!"
"Don't mess with it. This matter is not trivial..."
Zhao Guanren pretended to hesitate and considered it for a moment, then whispered for a while, only to see Yuan Laosan nodded with a shocked face, and whispered: "Don't worry, I never dare to be careless in serious matters.
I will be your host when you return to Beijing, my good brother-in-law!"
"Uncle! You must keep a low profile and call yourself Prince Consort in front of outsiders..."
Zhao Guanren patted his shoulder and went to
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Walking into the temple, Yuan Laosan immediately called the guards and ran away. Zhao Guanren chuckled at Qiu Ning and said: "Look, it's so fun to play with fools. It's a pity that there is only one big fool here, otherwise I would be in trouble."
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"Haha~ Ning'er has been taught a lesson again..."
Qiu Ning followed him into the temple with a smile. Unexpectedly, this place was actually a nunnery. More than twenty nuns gathered in the temple, meditating and chanting sutras with their eyes closed. The officers and soldiers were searching the ground three feet away.
The bluestone slabs were all pried open.
"The poor are in front of the temple, the rich are behind the temple, and there are widows on the left and right of the temple. Let's go to the back and have a look..."
Zhao Guanren turned around in a circle, and found nothing unusual. But just as he was about to enter the Buddhist hall to take a look, he suddenly asked: "Qiuning! Where did Ji Xiaoshou go?"
"Prince-in-law!"
Ji Xiaoshou suddenly walked in from outside the door and said angrily: "Why is this poor monk a gay? Which of your eyes has seen that I like men?"
"Oh~ It turns out that the great monk likes women. It's really Amitabha, so good, so good..."
Zhao Guanren raised one palm in an exaggerated manner, and Ji Xiaoshou turned red with anger. He waved his hands and said, "That's it! I'm just asking for trouble if I argue with you. But I don't agree with Minister Qiu's point of view. This is Buddhism."
How can a pure place hide the energy of death and harm people!"
"Master, I didn't know anything when I first arrived. This is not a pure place..."
Ye Ji'er also came over with the sixth prince, who said: "Many people reported to the government that there was a beautiful nun who secretly engaged in skin and flesh trade in the name of consecration. It is said that Zhang Shugui, the nephew of the crown prince, and
My friend surnamed Zhou has also been here many times!"
"Is there any evidence? Your Highness can't just let the wind lead to rain..."
Ji Xiaoshou opened his hands with some anger, and the Sixth Prince said: "If this kind of thing is not caught, it will naturally be denied to death. However, since many people have reported it to the official, it means that it is not slander, and the two deceased students are both
It is said that after the two of them enter the temple, they will go straight to the back hall!"
"Let me see!"
Zhao Guanren strode to the front of the Buddhist hall and looked back and forth at the more than 20 female nuns with peach blossom eyes. Although some female nuns were no longer virgins, it was not surprising. There were many nuns who had become monks on the way, and at most there were only three people.
experience.
"Who is the presiding master, please come out and talk..."
Zhao Guanren stood outside the door and bowed his hands politely. An old nun stood up from her futon and walked out sadly to salute.
"Master! Are all the nuns here? Are there any lay people there..."
Zhao Guanren stared at her carefully, while the old nun shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, there are many disputes in front of the widow's door, and our nunnery is the same in the city. In order to avoid gossip, outsiders are never allowed to stay here overnight, and the lay people also worship Buddha together.
No one will ever do that dirty thing!"
"You can see it! All the masters and wives are true disciples of Buddhism. Don't worry about gossip..."
Zhao Guanren bowed respectfully and asked: "Have there been any nuns who have escaped recently, or have any lay people secretly met with outsiders here? Some people say that Zhang Shugui and Mr. Zhou often come here, and they will go straight to the back hall as soon as they arrive.
, is this possible?"
"It's true! But it's not the back hall, but the vegetable garden..."
The old nun said: "There is a niece in the Zhang family. Because her father was seriously ill, she came to practice here. I saw that she was beautiful and beautiful, but her six roots were unclean, but I couldn't refuse Mrs. Zhang, so I let her live alone in the vegetable garden, and the two of them lived alone.
A young master also often comes to visit her, and the rumors may have started because of her!"
"Where is this girl? What's her name..."
Zhao Guanren hurriedly took half a step forward, and the old nun replied: "Zhou Xiaolin! She finished her practice more than two months ago. I heard that she was suffering from the disease.
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He died of tuberculosis without treatment!"
"Where is Zhou Xiaolin from the Zhang family..."
Zhao Guanren strode to the entrance of the temple, and a steward ran over and said, "Sir, Zhou Xiaolin is my grand-niece. She contracted tuberculosis while practicing here and was buried in the middle of last month!"
"Take me quickly to Zhou Xiaolin's grave. The entire epidemic prevention team is on board..."
Zhao Guanren pulled him up and ran out. Ye Jier and others looked at each other in surprise, and hurriedly chased him out and mounted their horses together.
Who knew that Zhou Xiaolin's grave was actually outside the city. After running for more than half an hour, she arrived at the foot of a mountain. The entire mountain was the Zhang family's cemetery. There were special people guarding the cemetery.
"Boss! It can't be here..."
Lu Datou jumped off the horse and said: "We have been riding for more than half an hour, and it will take at least more than an hour to walk. But the two little devils are walking, and the city gate will be locked at night, so even if they can get out,
Someone has to open the city gate!"
"Let's take a look first..."
Zhao Guanren followed the steward up the mountain. The Zhang family was buried in the location with the best feng shui. Countless people had been buried in the big family for hundreds of years, while relatives and the like could only be buried on the sides. Zhou Xiaolin's tomb was in an inconspicuous place.
Beside the bamboo forest.
"That's not it! Go into the woods and have a look..."
Zhao Guanren took Lu Datou into the bamboo forest, but it was almost dark and he found nothing. But when he walked out, he found that no one had worshiped Zhou Xiaolin's tomb for a long time, and grass had grown on the tomb.
"Didn't Zhou Xiaolin have a good relationship with your young master? Why didn't you come to pay your respects even after he died..."
Zhao Guanren looked at the manager of the Zhang Mansion. The manager shook his head and said he didn't know. So Zhao Guanren walked around the grave again and suddenly found a rabbit hole behind the grave. He took out his flashlight and looked inside, and directly saw the damaged one.
Coffin board.
"The epidemic prevention brigade comes up and digs my grave..."
Zhao Guanren put out the flashlight and shouted. As a result, everyone was shocked by what he said. The steward even exclaimed: "Sir! You must not do it. How can you open the coffin without the consent of the head of the Zhou family? If the Zhou family has
Zhifei caused a big trouble!"
"I'm not digging their ancestral graves. If anything happens, I'll take the responsibility..."
Zhao Guanren pushed him away carelessly, and the epidemic prevention team was unequivocal. They took shovels and other tools and went up the mountain to dig the grave.
Ye Jier asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Zhou Xiaolin faked the corpse in the tomb, and the death aura emanating from it was just enough for the two boys to smell it?"
"I'll give you a surprise, don't go away..."
Zhao Guanren pushed a few steps away and took an oil lamp. A dozen people quickly dug open the grave bag, revealing a new dark coffin, but something had dug a hole in the side. Everyone suddenly exclaimed, and a
The nesting bamboo rat actually got out of the coffin.
"Catch it quickly! This is game..."
Zhao Guanren quickly stepped on a big fat rat. The others looked at him like a madman. Even Lu Datou was disgusted and said: "How disgusting is the rat that eats the corpse, please let it go immediately!"
"Open the coffin! Let them see the body..."
Zhao Guanren grabbed the bamboo rat and waved his hand. The steward hurriedly ran over and inserted some sandalwood sticks. Ji Xiaoshou even stepped forward to recite the mantra for salvation in person. The anti-epidemic team members often dealt with corpses and after putting on masks and gloves, a few
Then he pried open the coffin lid.
"Boom~"
The coffin lid suddenly fell to the side, and everyone's eyes bulged. Not only were there no bones in the empty coffin, there were not even any burial items or clothes. Ye Jier stepped forward and said in shock: "Why is it an empty coffin?"