Shu Blossoms

Chapter 116
Yuan Zang's complexion changed slightly, and he soon regained his composure. He said calmly, "It's true. That day Mrs. Yuan and her daughter came to set up lanterns for his deceased husband and eldest son. Many people in the temple witnessed Shen Shi's departure."

"However, the groom who sent Madam Yuan up the mountain said that he never saw Madam Yuan's mother and daughter going down the mountain. How can this be explained?"

Li Min did not miss the change on his face, and took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Really? The poor monk doesn't know. Maybe Mrs. Yuan left in a carriage? Or something happened on the way down the mountain?"

Yuan Zang didn't dare to know the details of what happened back then, so he didn't know that there was another incident, and he was a little dazed and panicked when he first heard about it.

"Yes!" Li Min slapped the case on the ground heavily, "So, Madam Yuan and her daughter didn't change trains, but there was an accident on the way down the mountain. Can the mage tell me what happened to Madam Yuan's mother and daughter? ?”

"The poor monk doesn't know."

Yuan Zang realized that there were too many mistakes in what he said, so he bowed his head and recited the Buddhist words silently.

When Li Min saw this, he recited what he had found to him: "I just now know that Master Yuan Zang studied under Master Huijue, and that Master Yuan Zang was born in a lay family and is also a branch of the Yuan family in Chen County. No wonder he has a good demeanor. , originally came from a famous family.”

"In recent years, Luoxia Temple has more than a thousand hectares of land in Jingkou, Danyang and other places. Only Master Yuan Zang owns more than a hundred hectares. According to my investigation, Master Yuan Zang was only a family member of Yuan's family before he became a monk. It’s just a scholar who can only be fed by helping others. I wonder if Master Yuanzang can explain the origin of these lands.”

Another night passed, and the three adults gathered together again. Wei Ting smiled bitterly and looked at Ling Duguan and Li Minze, "Can you two gain anything?"

"A great harvest!"

Du Guan laughed and said, "This master of Hui Temple is an idiot. He has been obsessed with Buddhism all his life, and he doesn't care about common things. He is a rare clean person."

"Ting Wei, the host Yuan Yi is a smart man, right?"

The governor asked Ting Wei again, and Ting Wei nodded, "A pretty old fox."

"Lord Li, what about Master Yuan Zang?"

Ting Wei and the capital officer looked at Li Minze again, this Yuan Zang was probably the biggest problem here.

Li Min sighed helplessly: "The dead duck has a hard mouth!"

"It has now been confirmed that the Luoxia Temple's problem is indeed serious, but the case of the missing girl has not made any progress. How can I explain this to His Majesty?"

Ting Wei was a little helpless.

"That's right. After all, this case is too evil. Once confirmed, it will be a crime of beheading, and the century-old reputation of Luoxia Temple will be ruined. I'm afraid they won't plead guilty so easily."

"Then let's wait. Fortunately, someone should be more anxious than us."

Ting Wei comforted them, and stretched out his hand to make a request, "After working hard all night, I will treat the two colleagues to have breakfast, and then go home to wash and rest!"

"Then thank you Lord Tingwei."

The three of them left here together.

What Ting Wei said was correct, everyone in the Yuan family was indeed panicked and anxious.

The Yuan family has been sealed off for a day and a night, yet Yue Qi, the commander of the imperial guards, is actually guarding it personally. Before this, they were treated like the eldest princess, so how could they not be shocked.

Although the two masters of the Yuan family live in the same mansion, they have two courtyards, one east and one west.

Most of the general affairs of the family are taken care of by the second master Yuan Jing. On weekdays, the two brothers also mostly meet when they visit their mother at home, and they often don't see each other for several days when they are busy.

These days, the situation in Jiankang City is chaotic, the people of the Imperial Academy are in panic, and most of the students are not interested in studying. Yuan Cheng is busy with the affairs of the Imperial Academy, leaving early and returning late for several days in a row.

That night the Yuan family was sealed off. After inquiring for a long time, he still found out from Yue Qi that it was the second child in the family who caused the trouble and angered His Majesty.

Angrily, he ran to the yard of the second master of the Yuan family, "What about the second child, let him come out!"

Second Madam Yuan came out in a hurry, her face was pale, apparently she had been frightened all day.

"Uncle, my husband went to Zhuangzi outside the city before Sunrise Mansion and has not returned to the mansion. Now that the mansion is sealed off, I don't know if he is okay outside?"

"Why did he go to Zhuangzi outside the city again and again?"

Yuan Cheng glared at Mrs. Yuan angrily.

"Women don't even know!"

"The Luoxia Temple case is related to the second child?"

Master Yuan asked about the rumors he had heard.

"Impossible? Impossible..." Mrs. Yuan took two steps back in fright, shaking her head again and again!

"I don't know this, I don't know that! How did you become Yuan's wife?"

Yuan Cheng raised his hand angrily to hit someone, but the person in front of him was his sister-in-law, who didn't agree with the etiquette, so he threw his hand angrily and paced back and forth anxiously!

"Uncle, what happened? Why did His Majesty send someone to search our house and seal the door to prevent everyone from entering or leaving! Doesn't Your Majesty care about Concubine Yuan and the Second Prince?"

"Why?" Yuan Cheng laughed angrily, "I begged Yueqi for a long time today, and he revealed that the day before yesterday, Jingzhao Fu Yin found the missing young girl in our Zhuangzi in the south of Yuan's city..."

"Then, that husband was also in Zhuangzi that day, wasn't he also taken away?"

Mrs. Yuan Er was really panicked.

"It's likely to be the case!" Elder Yuan sat down dejectedly, "I told him long ago to stop those dirty businesses. He always fooled me, and now he has put himself in it. What should I do?"

"Uncle, even if my husband is wrong, it is for our Yuan family. Uncle must save him?"

Mrs. Yuan Er really panicked!

"Now that the Yuan Mansion is sealed off, how do you ask me to save it?" Master Yuan said so, but after all, the Yuan family cannot be allowed to decline. After thinking for a long time, he looked at Mrs. Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and asked: "On weekdays You enter the palace every now and then, more diligent than your sister-in-law who is a mother, tell me the truth, but the second child let you enter the palace, why? You come together one by one!"

Second Madam Yuan was a little hesitant, Master Yuan said anxiously: "At this moment you are still covering up for him, I need to know what he has done before I can think of a way to save him!"

Second Madam Yuan thought for a while before telling the whole story of what Concubine Yuan said when she entered the palace several times recently!
The more Yuan Cheng heard it, the more shocked he became, "Isn't he just selling a few childish virgins, why is he involved in military and political affairs?"

"The harem is not allowed to engage in politics, and Concubine Yuan is only a frail woman, how can she know this?"

"No, although I don't care about these mundane affairs on weekdays, I still know about my second child. He definitely doesn't have the guts to do these things! Who is instigating him!"

Mrs. Yuan shook her head: "My husband never told his sister-in-law about these things. In the past, I was only asked to send letters to Concubine Yuan. Only recently have I been asked to send messages directly!"

"Where are those letters hidden, take me there!"

Master Yuan suddenly thought that these letters might be fatal, so he thought about destroying them as soon as possible.

The two searched for a long time in Master Yuan Er's study, the bedroom and other places where he often stayed, but they couldn't find any letters, so they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Maybe my husband was also afraid of causing trouble by leaving these letters, so he destroyed them."

The second lady guessed, and then said with some doubts: "It seems that every time the husband takes the letter, he will go out of the city to stay in the Zhuangzi in the south of the city for one night."

"Chengnan Zhuangzi has been confiscated. If those letters are really found, I am afraid that we will not be locked up in the mansion at this time, but in prison."

Although I don't know who Master Yuan Er gave the letter to, I hope they won't be implicated.

"Now there is only the Luoxia Temple case left."

(End of this chapter)