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The nuns of the Iron Threshold Nunnery got up on time and went to the main hall to do their morning lessons.

Since the incident in July last year, the nobles of the palace have ordered the internal affairs office to vigorously rectify and thoroughly investigate whether there are any illegal activities in the iron threshold nunnery.

Because the matter was too big, it was rumors, and it was spontaneous combustion for no reason, and the market in Beijing was full of rumors.

The head of the Internal Affairs Office did not dare to delay, and took a few masters of investigating cases and checking accounts to personally rush to the Tiejian Nunnery, and investigated in detail the major and minor events that had occurred in the nunnery in the past 20 years, especially after Jingxu became the owner of the nunnery.

Not to mention, I really found a lot of problems.

For example, Jingxu accepted bribes, mistreated and even abused some 'female prisoners' in the nunnery.

Another example is that in order to satisfy his BT mentality, Jingxu maliciously humiliated and tortured all the female prisoners in the nunnery.

For another example, Jingxu Cao disregarded people's lives, and more than ten people died directly or indirectly in her hands.

Again......

Jingxu is called a nun, but in fact she is a wicked person with evil intentions, despicable means, and ruthless greed for money.

The head of the Internal Affairs Office held a thick pile of guilt, and scolded Jingxu, who was half burned to death, in his heart.

But more than that, they were still afraid - in any case, the Iron Threshold Nunnery was under the name of the Internal Affairs Office, and the owner of the Iron Threshold Nunnery was directly under the leadership of him, the chief administrator.

Now that a scandal has broken out in Tieji'an, if it is not handled well, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction and protests in the elite circle in Beijing.

When it came to the palace, the nobles were held accountable, and the culprit Jingxu Lao Nun did not have a good result, and the head of the Internal Affairs Office must also be held accountable.

The manager has the intention to hide it, but he doesn't dare, you should be the all-pervasive brocade scale guard is an ornament.

With a drum beating in his heart, the head of the Internal Affairs Office still truthfully replied to the saint and the queen the results of the investigation.

After hearing the report, the saint and the queen were very angry. Tiejian Nunnery is not an ordinary nunnery, but a prison for the noble ladies of the capital, in a sense, it is regarded as the judicial organ of the capital, and it was originally the most fair and strict place to pay attention to the law.

Now there have been scandals such as corruption and torture of prisoners, which is simply a stain on the justice of the Daqi government.

The saint may not care about the life and death of a few errant women, but he will never allow anyone to dare to make trouble under his nose.

"Quiet Buddha's mouth and snake heart, disrespect for God and Buddha, violate laws and disciplines, live up to the grace of the saint, behead!"

"Huiming, Huixuan and other nuns help the nuns to do evil, blaspheme the gods, and behead!"

"The internal affairs government is not effective in supervision, and relevant officials are fined for half a year......"

A series of decrees were punished, and the culprit of the Iron Threshold Nunnery was directly cleaned up.

After dealing with the main culprit and accomplice, after the queen consulted the queen mother's intentions, she personally selected a dignified and upright nun who served the Buddha and served the Buddha in several major nunnery in the suburbs of Beijing to serve as the owner of the iron threshold nunnery.

The new head of the nunnery is named Jingshan, in his early forties, slightly chubby, with a bit of seriousness between his eyebrows, but his eyes are full of unique indifference and compassion.

At first glance, people know that he is a devout Buddhist, insightful, wise, and without losing the prestige and rigor of a manager.

Jing Shan also brought a few apprentices who had been taught since childhood, among which there were two older ones, whose names were Hui Ben and Hui Chen, to assist Jing Shan in taking charge of the specific affairs of the nunnery.

is different from Jingxu, who sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, Jingshan is a real nun, and under her care, the Tiejian Nunnery is becoming more and more like a normal nunnery.

At the very least, the daily morning service is strictly enforced.

Jingshan sat cross-legged on the futon and led the nuns to read the scriptures together.

After the morning class, Jingshan and the nuns got up and went to the dining hall for breakfast.

Everything is so quiet and indifferent, if it weren't for the locked courtyards behind the main hall, people would think that this is an ordinary nunnery, not some kind of women's prison.

After breakfast, the nuns began their day.

Huiben, Huichen and several other elderly nuns brought food boxes from the canteen and sent them to the 'female prisoners'.

Jingshan became the owner of the nunnery, and coupled with the great changes before, the treatment of the 'female prisoners' was obviously much better. The first is that there has been an improvement in eating.

The same vegetarian food, the same green vegetables, tofu, brown rice and coarse grains, at least now they are clean and warm, and all the detained women can eat enough.

The second improvement is that they do not have to be verbally abused and tortured by the nuns.

Although he still needs to work, he does not need to be called by Jingxu and others as the lowest slaves and maids as in the past.

Every few days, you even have the opportunity to go out and take a look at the nursery in the backyard.

If anyone behaves well, they will have the opportunity to attend the morning class, or go to the main hall to burn incense and pray for the Bodhisattva!

There is still no freedom, but the current 'female prisoners' have a little more sunshine and hope than in the past.

The whole Iron Threshold Nunnery is still quiet, but it is no longer as lifeless and stagnant as it used to be!

It was not the first time that Master Myozhen had come to Tiejian, and she was keenly aware of the changes in the temple.

"Master, please sit down for a while, have a cup of tea, and our nunnery master will be here in a while." The little nun respectfully welcomed Miao Zhen into the quiet room next to the main hall.

Miao Zhen bowed her head slightly, indicating that she knew.

Another clever little nun sent hot tea, the tea leaves were emerald green, and the tea fragrance list, Miao Zhen took two sips and nodded secretly.

This tea is not a famous tea, it should just be a wild tea in the mountains, and the water is just ordinary mountain spring water, but when cooked, it has a unique wild interest.

After a while, Jing Shan walked in quickly, put his palms together on his chest, and saluted, "Poor Ni has seen Master Miaozhen. ”

Miao Zhen raised his hand and said with a smile: "They are all people from outside the square, and the owner of the nunnery does not need to be polite." ”

Jingshan came to the front and sat cross-legged on the futon beside Miaojin.

Fine sandalwood burned in the quiet room, white smoke curled up, and a faint aroma wafted through the room.

Jingshan said: "The master is coming, I don't know what to order?" ”

It's true that Jingshan is a Buddhist, but she is also a cannibal, and Tiejian is an official institution under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so she can't be exempt from vulgarity.

Miao's real name is a nun, she is really a princess, and the nobles in Beijing are still in awe, not to mention an old nun in a nunnery.

Miao Zhen held the tea bowl and drank the tea in small sips, and after a long time, he asked faintly: "I heard that the concubine Lin of the Qi Palace's side concubine Lin is 'meditating' in the nunnery?" ”

Jing Shan was stunned, and Duan Fang's face showed a look of embarrassment.

The Iron Threshold Nunnery is a place where erring women are imprisoned, and it originally meant a bit of 'shame'. All the noblewomen who were imprisoned in the nunnery claimed to have gone to Zhuangzi to recuperate, or were in other places, and outsiders did not know that they were in the Tiejian Nunnery.

In other words, except for the immediate family members who are in the know, the identities of all the 'female prisoners' in Tieji'an are kept secret from the outside world.

And Miao Zhen is not the relative of any female dependent in the nunnery, he is a stranger who has nothing to do with it, and according to the rules of the nunnery, he has no right to inquire about the situation of the female relatives in the nunnery.

But, but Miaozhen's identity is special, and Jingshan really doesn't dare to refuse her directly.

"This, this—" Jingshan was in a dilemma, not knowing how to respond.

Miao Zhen smiled faintly, put down the tea bowl, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Jing Shan.

Jingshan hurriedly took it and unfolded it, and her tightly locked brows slowly loosened.

This is a note written by the head of the Internal Affairs Office himself, stating that no matter what Master Miaozhen wants, the nunnery will implement it unconditionally.

The implication is that even if Miao Zhen wants to take away a certain female relative, Jingshan can't stop it.

There was not only a handwritten letter from the chief manager on the paper, but also the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jingshan carefully identified it and confirmed that it was not a forgery, so he carefully folded the strip and put it directly into his sleeve pocket.

She raised her head and said with a little embarrassment: "Don't blame the master, there was a sudden chaos in the nunnery, and it was easy to calm down, and the poor nun had to be careful." ”

Miao Zhen smiled disapprovingly and repeated her question: "Is the Lin family here?" I'd like to have a few words with her if it's convenient. ”

Jing Shan nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, poor nuns will order someone to bring the Lin family." ”

Miao Zhen didn't say anything anymore, just waited quietly.

Seeing this, Jingshan didn't dare to delay, so she quickly called a little nun and whispered a few words.

The little nun hurried away, and after a quarter of an hour she led in a young woman with a dry and withered character.

"Master of the nunnery, I want to say a few words to the Lin family alone. Please make it easier. Miao Zhen looked at Lin with a complicated expression, but said to Jing Shan like this.

Jingshan dared to refuse, got up quickly, and led a few little nuns to retreat.

Only Miao Zhen and Lin were left in the quiet room, as well as the two nuns dressed as the two nuns brought by Miao Jin.

"Master, you're here!"

After a few months, the person who was looking forward to it finally came, but Lin was not as excited as he expected. On the contrary, seeing Jing Shanfeng's indifferent appearance and feeling the alienation and indifference emanating from her, the Lin family actually felt a kind of amazement as if she was in a different world.

Gently spit out five words, Lin didn't wait for anyone to greet him, and knelt directly in front of Miaozhen.

Miao Zhen said: "Yes, I'm here." You and I have known each other once, so there is a bit of incense, and you asked someone to pass me such a sentence, of course I want to come to see you. ”

Lin Shi heard the mockery in Miao Zhen's words, and pulled the corners of his mouth, "Thank you Master for coming to see me." I didn't mean to lie to you, but, but—"

At the mention of the old things of the past, Miaozhen's calm face cracked directly, and a raging anger ignited in his chest, and a pair of well-maintained Qianqianyu hands were clenched into fists.

"Shut up, don't mention that again!"

Miao Zhen squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, and when she saw Lin, she was still a little pitiful.

After all, the Lin family is the child she has loved for several years, and for a while, Miaozhen even doted on the Lin family as her own daughter.

If it weren't for Miaozhen, the daughter of the Lin family, who was born as a petty official in the Internal Affairs Bureau, would not be qualified to marry into the Qi Palace's mansion as a side concubine.

You must know that the royal family is not an ordinary eunuch, even if it is a side concubine, it is also a grade and a seal.

Miaozhen thought about the Lin family wholeheartedly, arranged everything for her with her heart and lungs, and took care of the Lin family.

As a result, it was indeed a scam that rewarded her - the Lin family, oh no, it was the Lin family, including the Lin family, who deceived her.

Lin asked Gu Jialuo to send a message to Miao Zhen before, saying, "I am a tanuki, and what you think is the prince is not necessarily the prince."

Gu Jialuo didn't understand the meaning of this, but Miao Zhen knew it.

For more than ten years, Miao Zhen has been looking for her 'prince', and a few years ago, she thought she had found it, but she didn't expect it to be a tanuki who had stripped off her fur.

And Lin is the 'tanuki'.

Knowing the truth, Miao Zhen was very angry, but she was not a ruthless person in the end, and she didn't do anything to the Lin family.

At most, when the Lin family was mired in the quagmire of the battle in the back house of the Qi Palace, he did not intervene, let alone help.

When the Lin family failed miserably and was sent to the Iron Threshold Nunnery, Miaozhen chose to ignore it.

Subsequently, Miaozhen worked hard to find Tao Qi, and had just developed a relationship with this child, but Lin told her that Tao Qi was not a 'prince'.

W-What the hell is going on?

Is it the Lin family who deliberately talked nonsense in order to get out of trouble?

Or does Lin really know something?

After all these years of investigation, Miao Zhen determined that when the accident occurred that year, the Internal Affairs Office was involved.

In addition, the palace maid who handled this matter back then also mysteriously disappeared.

And Lin's biological mother used to be a retired palace maid in the palace, and she was very familiar with the missing palace maid.

Miao Zhen suspected more than once that in the events of that year, there may be the shadow of Lin's mother. Even, the disappearance of the palace maid has something to do with Lin's mother.

According to this line of thought, Miao Zhen felt that the Lin family's biological mother was very likely to know the true whereabouts of the 'prince'.

It's just that the Lin family once deceived Miaozhen, and the words "the wolf is coming" shouted too much, and Miaozhen couldn't trust the Lin family.

Therefore, Gu Jialuo helped Lin convey this sentence a few months ago, but Miaozhen never reacted.

It's not that she doesn't believe it, but she's ordering someone to continue the investigation.

In order to get clues, Miao Zhen did not hesitate to enter the palace, begged the saint, and used the secret agents of the Jinliang Guard.

However, that incident was too long ago, and it was originally an incident in the palace, and many clues were artificially destroyed.

It took several months for the all-pervasive Jinbianwei spies to find only one or two uncertain clues.

And these two clues all point to Lin's biological mother.

Miao Zhen was helpless, thought about it repeatedly for several days, and finally came to Tiejian Nunnery to ask Lin.

“…… I'm sorry, Master, I lied to you back then,"

Lin looked at Miaozhen's angry eyes, the corners of his mouth moved, and he said with a little guilt: "I, I just don't want to marry into the right family like the other sisters in the family, and then live a mediocre life." ”

The Lin family is also a generation of eunuchs, and they have been officials in the Internal Affairs Office for nearly a hundred years, even if the previous dynasty was destroyed and the new dynasty was established, the Lin family's official position in the Internal Affairs Office has not changed.

And the Lin family is opposite to the 'family' of several other internal affairs offices, whose official positions are not high, but they are the closest people to the royal family.

There is a lot of oil and water, and there is also a lot of right and wrong.

The family is obviously rich, but they dare not show it. The Lin family watched their grandmother and mother live cautiously since childhood, and the aunts and sisters who married were just married from this door to another 'low-key' family.

I don't dare to raise slaves and maids, I don't dare to wear gold and silver, but I have to take care of the housework myself every day, and I have to live a life of suffocation and grievance like an embarrassed official and a dependent in Beijing.

Lin doesn't want this kind of life, she wants to jump out of the circle of the 'family' of the Internal Affairs Bureau, she wants to marry into a high family, and she wants to live a luxurious life as she wants.

So...... She took advantage of a secret told to her by her biological mother before her death, weaved a lie, and used Miaozhen to fulfill her wish.

It's a pity that the 'sweet dream' was quickly shattered, and the Lin family was also in a desperate situation.

Now she has only one thought, that is, to leave the ghost place of Tiejian as soon as possible, even if she lives a poor life after going out.

Miao Zhen looked at Lin coldly, "You are honest." ”

Lin laughed self-deprecatingly: "I know that the master doesn't believe in me anymore, but now, master, look at what I look like now-"

Lin's right hand gestured up and down in front of him, and said very bluntly: "I'm not much better than a ghost now." When Grandma Gu first came to Tiejian Nunnery, she was so frightened by me that her face changed during the day. ”

Lin wanted to cry but couldn't, her facial features were a little distorted, and it became more and more ugly for her to describe.

It is very different from the unearthly No. 1 beauty in Beijing five years ago.

Miaozhen hated the Lin family from the bottom of her heart, but when she saw her like this, she couldn't help but sigh a little.

After three years in the Iron Threshold Nunnery, the Lin family has indeed suffered a lot of sins and experienced so much, for the current Lin family, nothing is more important than leaving here and regaining freedom!

Lin continued, "I'm sorry Master, and I don't dare to ask for your forgiveness. I—I just want to get out of here—"

Miao Zhen raised her eyebrows, but didn't say anything.

Lin knew that Miaozhen was waiting for her to 'confess', she waited these days, in order to be this moment, without the slightest hesitation, and whispered: "My mother did know about that incident back then......

Miaozhen didn't want to listen to nonsense, so she directly interrupted her: "Where the hell is that child?" What evidence is there? ”

Lin Shi was not annoyed, leaned forward, whispered two words in an inaudible voice, and then turned back again, "Evidence, of course." I handed it over to Grandma Gu of the Qi family. If the master doesn't believe it, he can go to Grandma Gu and ask for it. ”

Miao Zhen's brows tightened, and after thinking for a long time, she said slowly: "I will believe you one last time." If I find out that you have lied to me again, I will make you want to live and not die. ”

Lin grinned and showed his yellowish teeth, "I swear, what I say is all the truth, if there is any falsehood or concealment, I will be like a quiet old thief, burned to death by the divine fire that fell from the sky, and after death, I will go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and I will never be able to live forever!" ”

Jingxu was burned by the divine fire, which can be called the most bizarre event of the Great Qi Dynasty, although Jingxu was not burned to death, but he also ended up dead without a body.

Lin swore by her, and the oath was so vicious, which showed her sincerity.

Miao Zhen chewed the Lin family's poisonous oath carefully, and found no loopholes, so she said: "Very good, I hope you remember your oath." If there is a violation, even if God doesn't accept you, I will do it myself! ”

After more than ten years of hard searching, all of Miaozhen's patience is about to be worn out.

If she can't find that child, what's the point of her living?

Miaozhen is not afraid of death, and there is nothing to be nostalgic for in the world, but before she dies, she does not recommend dragging a few people to accompany her to the funeral.

The meaning of Miao's true words is very clear, if the Lin family still dares to lie to her, she will definitely not let her go.

Lin Shi heard the threat in Miao Zhen's words, she smiled very openly, and nodded vigorously: "I can save it." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Miao Zhen left the Iron Threshold Nunnery, and in her carriage, Lin sat in the corner dressed in a plain nunnery's robe, with low eyebrows.

In the small courtyard where the Lin family lived, the He family sat alone on the big kang in the bedroom, holding an embroidered bandage in his hand, but his eyes were looking at the Lin family's room.

From early morning to dusk, the He family stared at it all day, and the Lin family did not come back.

In the past, there was only one possibility that a similar situation occurred in the Iron Threshold Nunnery, and that was that this person had an 'accident'.

But after having Gu Jialuo's example, He couldn't help but suspect that Lin was not dead, but was rescued.

He calmed down, thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered that on the day Gu Jialuo left, Lin had come to say something to Gu Jialuo and stuffed her with something.

Could it be ...... Did Gu Jialuo find a way to save the Lin family?!

If it weren't for Gu Jialuo, the He family really couldn't think of anyone else who would help the Lin family.

"A good Gu family, capable of helping the Lin family, but he forgot me aside,"

He Shi slammed down the dilapidated small kang table hard, and scolded hatefully: "I still think of you as a character, I don't want you to be so treacherous!" ”

"Ahh Ahh ”

Gu Jialuo rubbed his nose and said in his heart, who is talking about himself behind his back.

"Grandma, are you alright? Isn't it cold? Ziwei asked with concern.

Gu Jialuo pressed the handkerchief under his nose and said, "It's okay." Xu was blowing a little wind in the morning. By the way, is Huixiang back? ”

I have to say that the He family wronged Gu Jialuo, Gu Jialuo did not forget her request, let alone think of 'treachery', it is really that Yang Qi has not been in the capital, and Gu Jialuo has no chance to help spread the word.

Moreover, Gu Jialuo is also very repulsive to Yang Huaijin's family in his heart.

Yang Huaijin wants to climb the high branch and marry another slut, oh no, he is to marry another noble girl, he can propose to dissolve the marriage contract in a righteous and bright way.

But he wanted to be a bitch and also wanted the archway of chastity, so he resorted to three indiscriminate tricks, framed his fiancée for 'losing her virginity', and made this matter all over the city.

caused his fiancée to seek death several times, and even more discredited his fiancée's family.

The fiancée's two maids proved the innocence of their master with their deaths, and then found evidence of the poor woman's innocence, and everyone in the capital understood the truth of the matter.

As a result, Yang Huaijin and the county lord of Yongjia resorted to a poisonous plan, ordering people to imitate the style of the woman's underwear, making hundreds of belly pockets, and then letting some scoundrels get them on the street to slander and humiliate people in public.

Later, he also ordered someone to pretend to be a flower thief......

One plan after another, there is a posture of not forcing the woman to death and vowing not to give up.

Yang Huaijin still knows how to cover up when he is evil, and the lord of Yongjia is used to being arrogant, but he has nothing to fear.

Yes, everyone in the capital knew that the woman was pitiful, but Pingyang Bahu and the lord of Yongjia County were powerful, so they could only watch the lord of Yongjia County marry into the Yang family in a beautiful manner, and the woman took a dagger to kill herself in Xitang.

The reputation of the Yang family was completely ruined.

The noblewomen in the capital had to deal with the Yang family because of the Yuwang Mansion and the Yongjia County Lord, but in private, everyone despised the Yang family.

As soon as he thought of those old things, Gu Jialuo couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, why do you want to pass the word to Yang Qi?!" (To be continued.) )