BXBX NOVEL Chapter 141: carriage
When something like this happened, obviously no one present could leave.
Feng Lisheng was sitting in a Buddhist temple near the Daxiong Palace, and in front of him stood Princess Yu and the wives who were present before.
His eyes seemed to be frozen, and he glanced coldly at one of the ladies: "Mr. Zhang, who told you that there is a Gongfang to the north of the corner gate of the back hall?"
The lady who was named fell to her knees with a plop, with a pale face and trembling lips, she said:
"Yes... my wife came to the Daxiong Palace, and I heard from two monks passing by. At that time... several wives were present at that time... Your Highness, my wife really doesn't know anything!"
Feng Lisheng asked sullenly, "Who is there?"
Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to hide anything, so she said everything.
Feng Lisheng waved his hand, and someone went over and called all the wives whose names were called.
Feng Lisheng asked the question again:
"Does any of you remember the looks of those two monks?"
The ladies thought about it hard, then shook their heads.
They were all bald-headed monks, and they passed by, so they didn't pay much attention at all.
Feng Lisheng didn't say anything, and waved them down. The finger membranes curled up the jade pendant that Cui Lingling found in Gong's room, which was broken into two halves.
Cui Lingling on the side said anxiously: "Oh! The most urgent thing is to find Sister Gillian first, and I will check these things slowly later. Your Highness quickly ordered the city gate to be sealed!"
Feng Lisheng said in a hoarse voice: "As early as on the way back, he had already sent someone to ask the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to seal the gate of the city."
Fortunately, he has the jade card given by the emperor's brother, otherwise, with him as a prince, he really can't command Shuntian Fuyin.
He squeezed the jade pendant tightly in his hand. He knew that after such a long time, it is very likely that the person has already left the city.
Tie Zhu pushed the door open and came in: "Your Highness, we have checked clearly. There are 328 monks in the temple, and there are currently 316 monks. I asked the abbot, and they said that four of them were responsible for going down the mountain to buy, and the remaining eight Went to collect firewood in the mountains."
Feng Lisheng ordered with a cold face: "Ask them if they know anything. If they don't tell, then try to pry their mouths open one by one."
It is impossible for no one in the temple to know about such a big event.
The minister of Dali Temple hurriedly stopped:
"Your Highness, you can't. They are all a group of monks, and the Huguo Temple is well-known. If your Highness tortures them for no reason, what will people think of you when it is reported that you have passed away?"
Feng Lisheng was expressionless: "Compared with the safety of the princess, do you think this king will care about these?"
Dali Temple Qing leisurely said:
"Maybe you don't care, but what about the princess? The world is harsh on women. If this happens, you are at most just a flaw in your reputation, but what about the princess? At that time, the world will blame the princess entirely."
Feng Lisheng stopped talking, and turned to say: "Then promise to be generous. Anyone who reveals the abnormality will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Anyone who exposes it will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."
Tie Zhu hesitated: "Your Highness, they are monks." It's not good to talk about money.
Feng Lisheng raised his eyes coldly: "Wealth touches people's hearts. They are just monks, not saints."
How many people in this world can truly regard money as dung?
Tie Zhu respectfully led the order down.
Feng Lisheng asked Mr. Chen, Minister of Dali Temple: "I have brought a map."
Master Chen nodded, and took a roll of thick parchment from behind him.
Feng Lisheng stared at the open map, quickly deducing the routes in his mind.
After half a cup of tea, Tie Zhu pushed the door open again and walked in, his expression obviously improved:
"Your Highness, a cleaning monk said that a dozen or so burly men entered the temple quietly two days ago. According to his description, they should be enemies of the North..."
In addition, he also talked about the discovery of the little novice monk.
Master Chen guessed: "Could the princess be hidden in that car?"
Feng Lisheng didn't speak, is it not important anymore?
He asked Tie Zhu to call everyone in.
"Let someone hurry to the nearest post station from the capital to Luodu..."
"Send an order to let the Luodu, Longzhou, Yongzhou, and Qingzhou garrisons carefully check the people who enter and leave the city gate..."
"Master Chen, I would like to trouble you people from Dali Temple and Wucheng Bingmasi to investigate the merchants and strangers who come and go in the scriptures..."
Orders were issued in an orderly manner, Master Chen saw His Highness Su Wang who was still so calm and calm even at this time.
If it weren't for the slight tremor of the other party's hand holding the pen, he would have thought that the rumors were not true, and Su Wang and his wife were at odds.
After all the orders were given, Feng Lisheng walked out of the Zen courtyard, and the queen stepped forward to persuade him:
"I have sent people back to the palace to tell His Majesty, and His Majesty said that he will send someone to help find it carefully. The siblings are lucky people at first glance, and nothing will happen."
Feng Lisheng forced a smile: "It's getting late, sister-in-law, let's go back to the palace first!"
The queen looked at the ladies who were a little startled: "What about them?"
Feng Lisheng glanced over the faces of the people sitting below, and said lightly:
"Let it go! Thinking about it, they wouldn't dare to murder the princess, or—"
"No matter who it is, as long as it is found out in the end, the punishment of Ling Chi will be light, and this king will let her die!"
His voice was obviously calm, but the ladies could not bear the chill in their hearts, no one thought he was joking.
Shen Mingyan, who was huddled in the corner, met the eyes he was looking at, couldn't help but her heart skipped a beat, and she lowered her eyes in a panic.
She regretted it a little at this time. He shouldn't have come to Huguo Temple just because he wanted to see Shen Mingjiao being arrested with his own eyes.
Thinking of the lifeless Shen Mingjiao, she felt both pleasure and fear.
Fear and the punishment of Ling Chi mentioned by His Highness King Su.
Compared to Shen Mingyan, Su Qing is much calmer. Still sitting gracefully beside the queen, she didn't even move her eyebrows.
He was thinking in his heart, Shen Mingjiao should have left the city by now, right?
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On the official road to Luodu, an inconspicuous Qingwei carriage ran past quickly, driven by a tall, thin man in his forties.
Because it is close to the official road of the capital, there are many horse-drawn carriages passing by. Such a horse-drawn carriage passing by will not attract attention.
I don't know how long it took, the sun gradually set to the west, and a fast horse galloped past them.
Arrived at the passing post station, many carriages stopped. Soldiers with knives checked one by one. The carriage was quickly found.
The coachman bowed in fear, "Master, this..."
The soldier in charge of the inspection said with a straight face: "Open the carriage quickly, there are regulations above, and all passing vehicles must be inspected."
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a man dressed as a scholar poked his head out, and said impatiently, "Why don't you leave?"
The coachman lowered his head: "The official said that he needs to check..."
The man jumped out of the carriage, opened the curtain completely,
"Then check quickly, it's getting dark, do you still want to go to Luodu?"
The soldier looked at the man carefully, and found that he did not match the person in the portrait, so he looked away.
Looking at the carriage, there was a pretty woman lying in it. The soldier was shocked and told the woman to sit up.
An angry look flashed across the man's face, but he glanced at the knife pinned to the soldier's waist, and finally held back his breath and helped the woman sit up.
The woman's face was pale, and she shrank into the man's arms in fear.
The soldier looked carefully, and then looked back disappointed.
Is hesitating to ask people to dismount and check carefully. He heard the angry voice of his companion.
"Why are you hiding someone here? Hey! Stop, you still want to run!"
Immediately there was the sound of a sword being unsheathed. The soldier was startled, and turned his head to help, ignoring this side.
But he didn't notice that there was a slight sound coming from the bottom of the carriage.
After the soldiers and a few companions worked together to subdue a group of human traffickers who were about to escape, they turned around and saw that the carriage had long since disappeared.
When Shen Mingjiao was conscious, all she could see was darkness, and something was stuffed in her mouth. She wanted to sit up, but found that her hands and feet were tied.
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