Chapter 197: Sou Shan (II)
Her calm eyes swept the guards, and said suddenly: "This palace came to pray for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's heir, and the prince's safe birth is all due to the blessing of the Buddha, if the soldiers offend the Buddha this time, so if the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's heir have any mistakes, this responsibility is not borne by the palace, if the soldiers feel that they can afford it, they can go in and search, and the palace will not stop it." ”
The meaning in these words is extremely heavy, now the prince has just been full moon, and the emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, the government is not very stable, and now if the emperor and the Ming Dynasty have a difference, it is related to offending the Buddha today, not to mention that this responsibility is a small guard, no one can afford it.
The arrogance of the guards who had just clamored to go in and search was reduced, and the guards who were the leader were in a dilemma, and when she saw that her words had worked, she was not in a hurry, and her eyes scanned everyone with a calm expression. It was still early, and it was March again, and there was a cool mountain breeze blowing with water vapor, and she shivered slightly, only then did she realize that she had already had a thin sweat on her body.
After a long silence, the guard at the head of the guard reluctantly ordered: "Brothers, let's search elsewhere. ”
The stone in her heart fell to the ground, and the breath she was carrying was also relaxed, and the monks also breathed a sigh of relief, put their hands together, put them on their chests, and chanted in unison: "Amitabha." ”
Suddenly, the voice of one of the guards came: "There is blood here!" It was the doorway to the house.
This sudden situation made her gasp, it was the blood stains on Nan Ruochen's body! If someone finds out that a suspect is hiding here, then the abbot and her stop are deliberately covering up, what can I do?
The hand hidden in the sleeve clenched into a fist, and the nails dug into the flesh, forcing herself to compose, but before she could react, the guard at the head waved his hand, and someone had already kicked the door open.
Seeing this, the abbot shook his head and sighed, muttered in his mouth, and led the monks to chant the scriptures, praying for the Buddha's forgiveness, and the whispering scriptures came out of the monks' mouths, spreading and spreading on the top of the mountain in the early morning, and it seemed so ethereal in this noisy red dust.
But the scriptures that made her calm on weekdays could not calm her mood at this time, and she stood at the door and heard the sound of the guards rummaging inside, and her heart was also clenched.
harboring a suspect, and this suspect is Nan Ruochen, there have already been a lot of rumors about her and Nan Ruochen in the palace, what should I say this time, if it is said that there is a queen's people chasing and killing him, she just wants to help him heal his injuries, does anyone believe this? What about the emperor? What would he think of her?
And the monks of Qingchan Temple are bound to be implicated because of this, what will be the fate of these more than 100 monks?
She closed her eyes in despair, not daring to think about it anymore, there is no doubt that this time, the queen won again, Nan Ruochen, her, and the monks of Qingchan Temple could not escape......
"Chief of the guard, the search has been completed, and there is no one in it, just an old house."
What the? It wasn't just the chief guard who was surprised, but also her!
She stood in the doorway and looked into the house, and sure enough, as the guards had said, there was nothing here. There was no trace of the dusty house, and it looked like no one had been here for a long time, so where did the traces left by their entry last night go? Where did Nan Ruochen go?
But she finally got through this catastrophe, her clenched fist was released, and she let out a long breath.
The chief of the guard stepped forward, bowed and said, "Niang Niang forgive the sins, and the last general will ......."
The look in her eyes was soothed, and she pulled out a smile at the corner of her lips and said: "You are on official business, this palace can understand, but the palace that should be reminded has already reminded you, as for the situation here, you have also searched for it, and everyone has seen it, and I ask you to tell the palace truthfully, so as not to make noise in the palace, speculate randomly, tarnish the reputation of Qingchan Temple, and bring unnecessary trouble to this palace." As for you offending the Buddha, the palace will also order someone to play the emperor and ask the emperor to give him a lighter punishment. ”
The chief of the guard said in a promising voice: "Xie Niangniang! The last will tell the truth. had to disturb the concubine Niangniang, and asked the Niangniang to forgive her sins. The last general will escort the mother down the mountain. ”
She nodded, and followed the guards down the mountain, because Nan Ruochen didn't know where to go, and she was seriously injured, she walked on the mossy stone road, a little unsteady, Jinyun Mama helped her, and walked carefully.
Seeing this, she suddenly had a plan, so she stumbled under her feet, and her body tilted to the side, and everyone was caught off guard, and she fell heavily on the side of the mountain road full of gravel.
The sticky liquid trickled out of her palms and arms, and the pungent smell of blood came with severe pain, and her face turned pale from the severe pain.
The gravel on the mountain road was angular and pierced into her delicate flesh, and a good arm was covered with dense small wounds, while the guards waited outside the small residence for her fate.
And the imperial doctor carefully treated her wounds, and finally cleaned her wounds, put on medicine, and then left, leaving a lot of medicines, both external and internal, although the medicine is not as good as the palace, but they are also precious medicinal materials.
Her face turned pale with pain, but looking at these medicines, one thing in her heart finally fell to the ground. Nan Ruochen's medicine is here! But where did Nan Ruochen go now? There is no trace of Nan Ruochen living in that house, which can only indicate one problem: after Nan Ruochen sent her back to Xiaoju last night, she didn't go back at all! So where did Nan Ruochen go last night?
Fortunately, it can now be concluded that the queen's people don't know his whereabouts yet, otherwise they wouldn't have sent someone to search the mountain early in the morning today, but the queen will definitely not give up, and he is so seriously injured, what can I do?
Because she was worried about Nan Ruochen, she didn't remember it until Mama Jinyun reminded her, and the guards who escorted her down the mountain were still waiting outside the small residence.
Improper guards caused the concubine to be injured, although this injury had nothing to do with them, she had to make some punishments, otherwise it would not be justified, not to mention that if she didn't punish them with small punishments and big commandments, when they returned to the palace, waiting for them was far more than that.
"Mama Jinyun, you pass the order, the guards stationed at the foot of the mountain are not effective, and they are disrespectful to the Buddha of Qingchan Temple, from today on, during their garrison at Xiaowang Mountain, they must eat vegetarian food like the monks, and each person will be punished to copy the Heart Sutra a hundred times, in order to show the sincerity of repentance."
Hearing this, he covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "Miss is really good at punishing people, not to mention that they want to eat vegetarian food like monks, just let such a group of guards who are used to knives and swords copy the Heart Sutra a hundred times, they still don't know how to be awkward?" ”
She smiled faintly, it was better to be awkward than to be punished by the prison cell after returning to the palace, and she could only do this.