He turned to the abbot and asked, "The host is visiting, but what is the matter?" ”

The abbot sighed: "King Huiding, the old man is here for Yayoi. He is a small monk in charge of carrying water in the temple. Amitabha, just now someone found out that he was strangled to death in the haystack behind the firewood house! This matter should not have disturbed His Highness, but strangely, according to the degree of decay of the corpse, this body should have been dead for three or four days, but just yesterday there were still people who saw him carrying water! ”

Liu Han said: "You mean that someone killed Yayoi and pretended to be him in the temple?" ”

The abbot nodded slowly, recited the Buddha's sentence, and then continued: "The old man was worried that this matter was related to the disappearance of the abbot, so he came to tell him. ”

Li Yi stood up, the guards brought a basin of clean water, and while cleaning the dirt on his fingers, he ordered: "Call the last person who saw the deceased carrying water, and the first person to find the body, here!" ”

Soon the three little monks were brought over, and the three of them made a greeting salute.

The abbot said kindly: "Tell His Royal Highness King Ding what you have seen truthfully." ”

A little bolder little monk, stammered and said: "Today, today it is my turn to burn the water stove, seeing that there is not much firewood left, I went to the firewood room to plan to split some more, this, these days I make my stomach, just split twice, and can't hold back, on, I want to solve the back of the firewood room, after the convenience, I plan to tear some hay as toilet paper, no, I never thought, one hand followed the hay was pulled out, I was scared half to death, I couldn't care about wiping my buttocks, and even rolled and crawled to call the senior brother them, I heard that it was the dead brother Yayoi, I was so timid that I didn't listen to the call, and I didn't dare to go over there again. ”

Li Yi let him go down.

The other two little monks also became bold, and you and I said the scene when I saw Yayoi.

"Brother Yan and I, on the evening of the fire, we saw Brother Yayoi in the kitchen, he was pouring water into the water tank, and we said hello to him."

Li Yi asked, "How can you be sure that it is Master Yayoi who you are seeing?" ”

The thinner little monk explained: "Senior Brother Yayoi has pollen allergies at this time of year, and he always uses a piece of gray gauze to cover his whole body, which is very recognizable!" ”

Liu Han said: "So, you didn't see the person's appearance at all? ”

The two little monks glanced at each other and nodded.

Another little monk said, "That person's body shape and height are no different from Yayoi's. ”

Li Yi had already made up his mind in his heart, so he let them go down.

The abbot saw that everything he could say had been explained clearly, and he retreated.

Liu Han said: "In this way, Guo Lao's disappearance was premeditated!" The other party knew our whereabouts well, sneaked into the Thousand Buddha Temple in advance, set fire to attract the attention of some people in the middle of the night, and took advantage of the chaos to kidnap Guo Lao! ”

Li Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Since he can take Guo Lao away indoors without knowing it, why would he set fire to it in one fell swoop?" ”

Liu Han quickly fanned the feather fan irritably: "Yes! I can't figure it out! ”

Xuanying sent someone back to report that he had indeed found a piece of ghost needle grass that had been partially burned by the wildfire at the exit of the waterway dug that year, and found some messy footprints nearby.

Li Yi and others rushed there in person, and unexpectedly found that the crossing there was wider than the one found in the house, and even allowed a single person to climb through.

The entrance is close to the embankment, and there are some shoe prints clearly left on the wet ground.

Li Yi's face became more and more serious, and he asked Xuan Ying, "But these footprints were there when you came?" ”

Xuan Ying bowed and said, "Yes, Your Highness." The stakes are high, and the brothers are acting with great caution, and what you see now is what your men looked like when they first arrived! ”

Li Yi followed the place where the footprints disappeared, walked a little longer, and next to a bush, he found a few burnt ghost needles again.

On the other side of the bush, there is a winding mountain road, and you can faintly see the traces of grass crushed by the wheels.

Liu Han realized something, his face changed greatly, and he suddenly blamed himself: "It was me who was careless!" ”

Li Yi patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "At present, it seems that Guo Lao's life is worry-free!" We've laid a net, and none of them will want to escape! ”

He turned and commanded, "Give the king's order to keep all carriages and pedestrians in and out of the city strictly checked!" If you find a suspicious person, report it to me immediately! ”

Li Yi and the others, who had their own concerns, agreed on the way back to the temple to leave a few secret guards behind, and then monitor the Thousand Buddha Temple for a while, and the others returned to the imperial city as originally planned.

The task of persuading and appeasing Xiaoyang was naturally handed over to Liu Han.

Xiaoyang still didn't come out for dinner, and the food delivered to her room was brought out without moving.

Liu Han wandered in front of Xiaoyang's room, and the candlelight cast her thin figure on the window paper.

Guilt and self-blame made Yoo Han raise his hand to knock on the door several times, but finally gave up due to lack of courage.

Li Yi, who was reading the letter with a lamp in the room, seemed to be in the same mood with mixed feelings.

Xiao Ash brought the news from the Imperial City, and when he saw that the above mentioned the Hundred Flowers Meeting, Qin Wuji was eyeing Xiao Guo and was disrespectful.

It was hard to hide the murderous intent in his eyes.

Seeing Hong Yan's young man's maintenance, especially Xiaoguo's ingenious counterattack, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Do you have any other family members? Do you have a good relationship with them? You know, I have several relatives in this world, the kind of blood connection!

Suddenly, the words that Xiaoguo had said to him that night echoed in his mind.

Her expression was so cheerful, even a little proud and proud.

But now, he's lost one of her closest relatives!

Let Guo's father and daughter come to Bian Yang, he was the first to propose it, Guo Jing's disappearance, he can't get out of it!

He was confident that he would find out the person who had taken Guo Jing away, but he could not guarantee that Guo Jing would be intact.

A nameless fire surged into his heart, and he crumpled the written note and threw it aside, repeating it several times.

Eventually, he abandoned the pen in his hand and pinched his sore temple.

Hong Yanguo is famous all over the world, and the two big men who are known for their bravery, decisiveness, and resourcefulness have encountered a thorny problem for the first time and tasted helplessness.

The next morning, the carriage was ready.

Liu Han sat on the steps, with a pair of panda eyes, looking at Xiao Yang's closed door with a worried brow.

Xuan Ying put a few bags of luggage into the car, sat down next to him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "General Liu, are you okay?" ”

Liu Han sighed repeatedly.

Xuan Ying smiled: "You have always been in the thousands of flowers, and the leaves do not touch you!" In my opinion, this time, you are afraid that you are stuck in the flowers and you don't know it! ”

Liu Han gave him a blank look: "Go aside!" Be careful that I let your master keep you in this temple! ”

Xuan Ying snorted nonchalantly and jumped up the tree: "Come on, you better protect yourself!" ”

Liu Han scolded him with a smile.

I heard a "squeak", and the door on the opposite side was opened.

Liu Han raised her head and saw Xiao Yang appear at the door, her face was still pale, her mental state seemed to be good, and she was carrying a burden on her shoulders.

Seeing Liu Han staring at herself blankly, she pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Aren't you going to the Imperial City?" What are you doing here? ”