Chapter 31: Clues
Qin Boyong was silent for a long time before replying: "The current situation is not clear, it's just that there has been no news of Gu Muzhi for several days, and for some reason, this king feels uneasy in his heart. ”
"Lord Wang, it's a long way to go, and I don't know what the situation is in the temple, so if you don't go, send a few secret guards to investigate first."
Xiao Liu said that Qin Boyong has been busy for several days in a row, and if he is trekking up and down the mountain now, I am afraid that his body will not be able to bear it.
Qin Boyong nodded lightly and instructed Xiao Liu to find a secret guard.
After receiving the instructions, the secret guard immediately went to investigate the situation without stopping.
When they arrived at the temple and explained their intentions, the monk guarding the door was not embarrassed and happily let them in.
"Xiaolan!" As soon as I entered the door, I saw a girl in front of me who turned around and ran when she saw them, and one of the secret guards was responsible for guarding Gu Muzhi's yard, and she recognized it as Gu Muzhi's personal maid Xiaolan at a glance.
Xiaolan ran forward desperately, but not long after, she was caught by the secret guard.
"Xiaolan! What do you run? The dark guard felt strange, why did he only see Xiaolan alone?
Xiaolan's eyes dodged, not daring to answer the secret guard's question.
"Why are you alone? What about Miss A-chi? As soon as these words were asked, Xiaolan suddenly knelt on the ground and began to beg for mercy.
"You don't know, it's the slave and maid who take care of it unfavorably, a few days ago there was a sound in Miss Zhi's room, and when the slave and maid stepped forward to check, Miss Ah Zhi was already gone." Xiaolan cried while talking about the pear blossoms with rain.
Everyone was shocked: "Why didn't you tell the prince earlier?" ”
"Xiaolan was afraid that the prince would know that he was to blame, so she thought about asking the monks in the temple to help find her, but seeing that so many days had passed, there was still no clue at all, and the slave thought that if it was still the case tomorrow, she would go back and tell the prince."
The secret guard stepped forward and helped Xiaolan up from the ground, and then walked to Gu Muzhi's room together to investigate the clues.
According to Xiaolan, Gu Muzhi was not very happy that night, and said early that she was going to sleep, so Xiaolan didn't disturb her.
In the middle of the night, when Xiaolan heard the sound and immediately ran out to look, she didn't see anything.
"Come and see, there are footprints on this windowsill." A sharp-eyed secret guard found a man's footprint on the windowsill, and concluded that Gu Muzhi was probably taken away.
Not daring to slack off in the slightest, everyone immediately returned to the Qin Mansion and reported the news to Qin Boyong.
"Rubbish!" As soon as he heard that Gu Muzhi had been forcibly taken away, Qin Boyong was immediately furious, "So many people can't stand it!" ”
Qin Boyong knew that he had missed the best opportunity to pursue at this time, but if he arranged it properly, there was still a lot of hope.
According to the information of the person sent by Qin Boyong to the temple to spy on the terrain, it is likely that the person ran away from the back door of the temple with Gu Muzhi, and there was only one road on the back door.
So without a moment's hesitation, Qin Boyong immediately gathered a large number of people in a short period of time and went to chase down that road.
The terrain of that road was steep, and from time to time there were cliffs, and although Qin Boyong's people were extremely careful, they would inevitably fall off the cliffs.
I don't know how long they have been walking on this road, but they still haven't found a single clue, which makes them wonder, after all, it rained that night a few days ago, if they really walked this road, why didn't they even have a footprint?
"Lord Wang, that team has reached the end of the road, but... Ahead are cliffs ... So there's a good chance we're running for nothing. ”
Hearing this person's words, Qin Boyong's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he also had an idea in his heart.
He was wrong from the beginning, he shouldn't have sent just a team of men to find him, and he shouldn't have speculated on that man's mind.
"How many roads are there around the temple?"
"Back to the prince, Gojo."
"Then withdraw the people on the back door, and send three more teams of people, each road is divided to find it, don't let go of any clues!"
Qin Boyong didn't expect that Zhou Xun was not a vegetarian, and before going to the temple, he had already made careful plans for his actions in advance.
When he stepped out of the temple with Gu Muzhi on his shoulder, there was a group of people outside who had been waiting here for a long time.
Zhou Xun called some people to follow him, and the others were all scattered on each road, and the soldiers were divided into several roads, in order to reduce their attention and buy time for themselves to take Gu Muzhi back to their mother's clan.
Although Qin Boyong did not investigate who took Gu Muzhi away, he still had a goal in mind.
"No, this king will go to find it himself." Xiao Liu has already arranged the manpower, and he is about to set off, but the prince is also going to join.
"Lord Wang, according to the opinion of your subordinates, you should wait for news in the mansion, after all, it is not clear who did it, what if something happens at that time?"
"No, this king knows who did it, and if he doesn't go in person, this king won't worry."
Qin Boyong ignored everyone's opposition and insisted on going to find it in person, but Xiao Liu couldn't persuade him, so he could only follow him.
Gu Muzhi didn't know how long he had been in a coma, and when he woke up, he found that he had been tied up and thrown into the carriage.
"Hahaha, Childe, it's really you, it's been so long, it's finally done!"
"It's a trivial matter, how can there be something that I can't do in Zhou Xun!" Zhou Xun and Xiao An sat in the carriage and talked and laughed.
As soon as he heard Zhou Xun's voice, Gu Muzhi was shocked, that person was really Zhou Xun! However, she couldn't remember how she was taken away by Zhou Xun.
Just as she was trying to recall to no avail, she found that someone was lifting the curtain of the carriage, Gu Muzhi's eyes widened, and she casually pretended that she hadn't woken up yet.
"It stands to reason that after being in a coma for two whole days, she should have woken up, but she didn't react at all." Zhou Xun looked at Gu Muzhi, who was unconscious, and muttered to himself.
"Childe doesn't have to worry, when he returns to his mother's family, he can find the best doctor to take a look."
Listening to the two people outside the carriage start chatting again, Gu Muzhi struggled to sit up, and with difficulty gently lifted the curtain with his tied hands and looked outside.
Zhou Xun still has a conscience, and the rope is not tightly tied.
Gu Muzhi knew that he had to do something, otherwise, he would probably really be brought back to his mother's family.
She thought about it, she didn't know what to do, after a long time, she finally had an idea, she still had some jewelry on her body, she wanted to be dedicated to the Bodhisattva in the temple, but who knew that she was tied up before she had time to give it out.
Gu Muzhi gently took out some jewelry from his arms, threw a piece every once in a while, and prayed that Qin Boyong would see it.
Gu Muzhi didn't know that her method had made a big difference, and the team led by Qin Boyong personally traveled here, and some sharp-eyed soldiers found the jewelry on the ground.