Chapter 12: There are secrets in the temple
By the time the rain had stopped, it was already the next morning, and the regent came to wait outside the emperor's meditation room.
"Come in, Lord Regent." The emperor said in the room.
"Back to the emperor, the other party found a good point in time, I just started to check and it began to rain, the environment has been washed very clean, the three officials who died are Liu Xingye, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qin Kesi, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Shi Qicheng, the Treasury of the Ministry of War, on the surface, there is no contact between these three people, but the relationship between the Qin family and the Qi family is extraordinary, Liu Xingye is the third son of Liu Situ, Qin Kesi is the nephew of Qin Shangshu, and Qi Cheng is the adopted son of Prime Minister Qi, so the death of these three people is still a blow to these three families, Judging only from the wounds, they all died from daggers, and they were all killed with a single sword. The regent said he was helpless.
"It's all daggers? Is it a person? The emperor asked.
"Chen thinks it's unlikely that one person will kill so many people in such a short time, it should be organized and planned." The regent couldn't do anything about it either.
"Okay, this case will involve Dali Temple, and you and King Yi will also participate, hoping to solve the case as soon as possible." The emperor knows that it is difficult to investigate now, but it still needs to be investigated when it comes to the ministers of the DPRK and China.
"Your Majesty, the host said you can go." The queen said to the emperor outside the door.
"Okay, I'll go later, the queen will go and wait first." The emperor smiled at the queen in return.
"How many days do you think this case will be solved?" The emperor asked.
"I can't be sure, because there is so little evidence now." The regent shook his head helplessly.
The emperor pinched his frowning brows and paced back and forth a few steps: "That's it, you go to check first, and then come and tell me when the clues are almost checked, and then you give me a deadline, but not too long, these three are not too easy to send." ”
The regent arched his hand and said: "Yes, the emperor, the minister will go and inform King Yi and Dali Temple now." The regent watched the emperor go out and immediately looked for King Yi, who was already waiting in the room.
The regent pushed the door in and saw Mo Yanyu drinking tea leisurely, so he stepped forward and said, "King Yi is so Yaxing, there are three dead ministers in the court, and you are still sitting?" can still drink tea so leisurely, does King Yi know anything? ”
Mo Yanyu didn't intend to hide it from the regent, took a sip of tea, stood up and closed the door, and whispered to the regent: "This matter was done by this king, and then I will provide evidence, and you can report it to the emperor." ”
When the regent heard this, he looked at Mo Yanyu with wide eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Don't you know the relationship between these three people?" In this way, it will not make the three families go to the emperor, and the emperor will not be able to deal with it. ”
"Plugging them with evidence doesn't work better than anything else." After Mo Yanyu finished speaking, he sat down and drank tea.
"These three people usually neglect their duties, embezzle, buy and sell official positions just because they are relatives of important ministers in the court, and this king is only a little punished, but it is also fun to take the opportunity to make the three families turn against each other." Mo Yanyu also poured a cup of tea for the regent, put it opposite him, and motioned for the regent to sit down and taste the tea.
"Thank you King Yi for your kindness, the minister also wants to inform Dali Temple to participate in this case, and the minister will leave first." The regent bowed.
"Dali Temple Cheng now has another case to worry about, Qi Qiong is the emperor's confidant, and at the same time, he is also the person who the Qi family placed next to the emperor, a few days ago Qi Qiong spent three million taels in the city to buy a shop, who allowed him to do this, what is the purpose of this person? What is the relationship with the person who killed Qi Qiong? There is no clue about this matter, and Dali Temple will definitely not be able to find out for a while, but seeing that the situation has been laid out, the emperor is not so cowardly as he thinks. Mo Yanyu knew that the regent had no second thoughts, and he was not a little sensitive in solving the case, so he kindly reminded him.
"Thank you King Yi for reminding me, but as a courtier, don't speculate about the king's meaning, but this is the emperor's will, and the minister is only conveying it on his behalf." The regent bowed his hand and turned to go out.
Mo Yanyu smiled at the corner of his mouth, shook his head, and took a sip of tea: "Tingye." ”
"Lord, what do you command?" When Thunder Night heard his name, he came out and said.
"The things of the three sons of these three families have been arranged? This is the order of the leader of Tianyumen, and it is placed in the palace of the Empress Dowager Qi. Mo Yanyu took out a token, which said Tianyu, but it looked different from the team leader order in Tingye's hand, and after Tingye saw it, he knew that it was forged by Mo Yanyu himself.
Thunder Night took a flash and left.
"That's when I should show up." After Mo Yanyu finished speaking, he got up and walked out.
When I walked to the Daxiong Treasure Hall and saw the emperor and queen mother kneeling inside, I chatted with the host outside: "Master, this king has a few questions for you." ”
The host bowed and said, "Amitabha, if the donor has any questions, just ask, and the old man will definitely tell him if he knows." ”
"Well, Master, is there a place in the monastery that you can't go? Including these little monks? Mo Yanyu pointed to the monk who was cleaning up and the monk standing at the door.
"What does this mean, donor? Suspect that our monastery is harboring fugitives? "The host's brain is spinning very fast.
"No, no, master, since many people can't go to a place that is usually sparsely populated, isn't it just enough to hide people from being discovered?" Mo Yanyu explained casually.
It really makes sense for the host to hear it: "There is a sealed place in our monastery, only the old man and a few brothers will go to clean it, and the old man's master told me that there are people living in it, but the old man has never seen it, and he only needs to clean it once a week, and he doesn't send food, but the master's words still have to be listened to." The host said this, he really hasn't seen it, so there's no need to lie to Mo Yanyu.
"What the host said, Yi Ling naturally believes, so which direction is this place in the temple?" Mo Yanyu asked.
"The old man asked Jikong to take you there." The host beckoned a little monk who followed him: "Don't be empty, take this benefactor to the place where the master of the back mountain cleans every week." ”
"Yes, master, donor, please." The little monk said that he would lead the way.
"By the way, master, wait for the emperor to come out and tell the emperor: This king will stay in the temple to investigate the case, and he will not return to the capital for the time being." Mo Yanyu said and turned sideways and said to the host.
Mo Yanyu knows the relationship between the host and his mother, but he usually keeps his distance to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Halfway through, Mo Yanyu asked Jikong: "Little monk, does your master come to clean every week?" ”
"That's right, every time I only go in with my brothers and uncles, we brothers can't get in."
Jikong said.
A quarter of an hour later, Jikong pointed to Mo Yanyu and said, "Donor, that's where the master cleans, I can't get in, I can only wait here, donor, go in by yourself." ”
Mo Yanyu saw that this place should be renovated from the cave in Lishan, and it seemed to be a place that was often cleaned.
Mo Yanyu walked forward and pushed open the door and walked in, went in and was taken aback, the inside was resplendent and brilliant, and the hall outside was wrong I don't know how many grades, the tall Buddha statue inside, the decorations are gold, and the ceiling is also gold, which is higher than the specifications of the palace, now Mo Yanyu knows why this place is sealed, because it violates the royal majesty, at this time I heard a voice of 'who', Mo Yanyu looked at the voice and turned out to be an old woman.
"Today is not the day to clean, who came in?" The sound was quite crisp, but it was an old woman who came out of it with a trembling crutche.
It's not good for Mo Yanyu not to answer at this time, after all, they have all been discovered.
"This king is the king of Chaoyi, more than 50 people died in the temple yesterday, this king is ordered to come to check the suspicious places in the temple, and see that there is no one here to come in and see." Mo Yanyu may be able to move out of the emperor at this time.
"Oh, the dead man in the temple? The people who died were all you courtiers, did anyone die in the temple? The old woman asked.
"No, no, all the monks in the temple are fine." Mo Yanyu hurriedly said, afraid that this old woman would suddenly go crazy.
"Yesterday I was here by myself, no one else came in, don't look at my old woman's eyes, but her ears are very sharp." The old woman tapped the ground with her cane to show that she would not lie.
"This king already knew just now, the old woman's ear is very good, so since this is the case, this king has a problem, can the mother-in-law tell me?" Mo Yanyu took a few steps towards the old woman.
"Stop, you just stand there and ask, old woman, I don't like to stand so close to others." The old woman tapped forward with her cane.
"Okay, is there a passage behind this hall?" Mo Yanyu pointed to the Buddha statue.
"Yes, I often go to the mountains to collect medicine and eat." The old woman told the truth: "Is there any more problem? ”
"Can you take this king to see it?" Mo Yanyu asked cheekily.
"Okay, I'm going to the back mountain to find some vegetables to eat, let's go, eh... Don't get too close to me. The old woman knocked on the ground with a stick, walked forward, walked to the Buddha statue, walked past the Buddha statue and there was no one, Mo Yanyu quickly followed, it turned out that the Buddha statue was behind the passage, there was no mechanism, but the Buddha statue just blocked the mouth.
Mo Yanyu followed the old woman to the back mountain, out of the passage is a section of the cave that has not been polished, and then there is a stone gate for a while, the old woman walked to the stone door and stretched out her right hand to the door next to the door and opened with a 'click' sound, and then went to the front is the entrance of the cave, except that the entrance of the cave Mo Yanyu found that the scenery in front of the temple was completely different, Mo Yanyu squatted down and looked at the terrain: "This should be the opposite side of the mountain." ”
"The young man has good eyesight, this is the Lishan Valley, and the climate here is pleasant all year round, which is completely different from the other side of the mountain." The old woman walked forward to herself.
Mo Yanyu looked at the old woman who walked away, and suddenly a voice came: "Young man, aren't you leaving?" In this way, you can't go back, unless you climb the mountain, and you need my jade pendant to open the door when you go back. The old woman walked on.