Shun Yu finished washing after lunch, and Shen Zetang also read the dossier without leaving ten, so he retired from the idle miscellaneous people, leaving only Cheng Hao and Xu Jing to sit.

He bowed his head slightly, Shun Yu understood, thought about it, and asked Cheng Hao: "Master Cheng, do you still remember, Master Minghai, the abbot of the White Horse Temple six years ago?" “

"Ming Hai? How can you not remember. Cheng Hao was a little surprised, and groaned: "The White Horse Temple is the first ancient temple of our dynasty, a sacred and pure place, Ming Hai is the abbot, perennial preaching, seeking prosperity for the country, the people live in peace, leading the monks and believers to be happy and good, with Bodhi in mind, Luoyang can prosper so far, it is also indispensable." “

He paused, and then said, "However, since the death of the bhikshuni of Qiyun Pagoda, Ming Hai suddenly resigned as abbot one day, and he wandered away from the four seas, and he has not been seen since. “

Shun Yu said: "Things in the world are not coincidental and cannot be written....... She suddenly looked at Second Master Shen with some surprise, is this really a coincidence?

"On the way to Luoyang, I happened to pass by the Bingjing Zen Temple in Xuancheng, and there was an abbot in Yuankong, who was Master Minghai.

"And such miracles." Cheng Hao's expression changed greatly.

Shen Zetang said lightly: "Don't you know that Master Cheng sent a letter directly to the cabinet on this case, and refuted Tian Qihui, the servant of the Ministry of Works. “

Cheng Hao was silent for a while, and then shook his head and replied: "Shen Ge Lao said that the lower officials heard a little back then, because they had never presided over the trial, and they only knew a little gossip in the details, so it was inconvenient to say anything. ”

Shun Yu obviously didn't believe it, and was a little anxious: "Since the prefect received the nun report for trial, even the Ming Hai host of the White Horse Temple knew the details, and stepped in, how could Master Cheng prevaricate and say that he didn't know....... ”

"Feng Jiu must not be unreasonable." Shen Zetang interrupted and said to Cheng Hao: "Lord Cheng must have his own unspeakable secrets. ”

"Xie Shen Ge's old sense of observance." Cheng Hao smiled bitterly: "Although Xia Guan is the prefect of Luoyang, when the nuns came to report the case six years ago, Zhou Chen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, just inspected here, and he wanted to take over the trial of the case in its entirety, and ordered us not to speak rashly." Xiaguan once served in Beijing as the head of the Criminal Department Nanwu Treasury Division, because he was not used to Zhou Shangshu's style of doing things before he was transferred to Luoyang, who thought that he would not see him for a few years and was still arrogant, and in anger, he recuperated at home for a few days on the grounds of ill health, until he left after the case was closed. “

Shen Zetang frowned slightly, seeing that Cheng Hao's expression was frank, listening to his reasonableness, he was not a liar and cunning, why the chief judge was recorded in the case file as Cheng Hao, but he didn't mention Zhou Chen, it was really strange.

Listening to Shun Yu asked again: "I don't know where the Jingwu host of Qiyun Pagoda Academy is now?" There is also the little nun who reported the case back then, and his name is Leji in the file, where is it? “

Cheng Hao replied: "The host of Jingwu was ordered to return to the vulgar because of misconduct, and he didn't know where to go for a long time. Zhang Feng was called to explain, and Zhang Feng promised to leave quickly.

Cheng Hao thought for a moment, and then ordered Zhizhou Liu Ji to come into the hall: "I heard you jokingly mention that Ming Hai, the abbot of the White Horse Temple, has some relationship with the nun Jingyun who died in a collision with the Qiyun Pagoda, you can talk about it again." ”

How dare Liu Ji have the heart to conceal it, and hurriedly handed over his hand 1510 and said: "I didn't know, six years ago, the official of the criminal department inspected here, and there were not enough people in the house, so he recruited more than a dozen young and strong officials to summon him, and then the nun of Qiyun Pagoda died, and the official of the criminal department took someone to interrogate in person, and there was nothing to do. ”

The rough official smiled and recognized this Ming Hai and the sister-in-law Jingyun who was killed, they were originally fellow villagers in Panlou Town, Xuancheng County, before Ming Hai left home, he was a poor scholar who studied hard and failed many exams, and Jingyun's family opened a shop that sold pen, ink, paper and inkstone, she often walked around, and she had feelings for each other. If people don't know what to do unless they do, there are gradually rumors that spread endlessly, Jingyun's father was furious, and she urgently promised the family, on the day of the wedding, the Minghai scientific expedition fell again, it can be said that the house leak met overnight rain, and after great sorrow, he simply saw through the vulgar dust and shaved out of the house. ”

"How did Jingyun become a nun?" Shun Yu couldn't help but interject.

Liu Ji glanced at her quietly and continued: "The rough envoy didn't talk about it in detail, only briefly mentioned that she was very unsatisfactory after she got married, and she was divorced back to her parents' house, and she was not allowed by her brother and sister-in-law, and the situation was very embarrassing. ”

"Where is the rough man now?" Cheng Hao frowned and asked, he seemed to be faintly aware of something.

"The rough official said that he wanted to return to his hometown, and he had been away for two years."

Just Zhang Feng panted and lifted the curtain, and came in to report: "The courtyard of Qiyun Pagoda is full of new nuns, and there are very few nuns left six years ago, and they are old and dazzled, so they can't ask why. “

The twilight is approaching, and the eaves are beginning to carry a wisp of glow, dyeing the window lattices yellow.

Shen Zetang knew that today's investigation could only go so far, so he didn't delay any longer, closed the file and handed it to Shun Yu to collect, and got up to say goodbye with his robe.

Cheng Hao repeatedly stayed for dinner before leaving, but saw that he had no intention of going, so he had to accompany him out of the prefect's door, looking at the guards surrounding the sedan chair until he disappeared around the corner.

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The sedan chair creaked, and the faint sunset outside the curtain followed the gap raised by the evening breeze, dyeing Shunyu's little mouth red.

Shen Zetang sat side by side with her, there were many business burdens on both sides of the street, some sold melons, white peaches, water goose pears, some sold red linglian seeds, chicken head rice, and a large bucket of sugar mung bean soup, if someone wanted to eat, the tanman took out the ice cubes from the cotton bag and put them in the bowl, scooped the soup and handed it over, looking at it to relieve the heat.

Shen Zetang wanted to ask Shun Yu if she wanted a bowl, but when he saw her holding her cheeks and cheeks, he smiled and held her fingertips into his palm and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Shun Yu came back to his senses, and saw that his fingertips were kissed by the second master on the lips, and he was inexplicably a little shy, and wanted to pull it back: "Beware of being seen." ”

These words seemed to please Second Master Shen inexplicably, he chuckled and let go of his hand, and asked again: "What are you thinking?" “

Shun Yu pursed his lips: "Thinking of what you said some time ago, Ming Hai and Tian Shilang have no grudges, but they played a copy of the court's visit to him, perhaps because he was coerced by someone to do it, and he would rather sit down than tell the truth, he must have the bitterness of not being able to do anything." “

"Then what does Feng Jiu think he can't do?" Second Master Shen looked at her with deep eyes.

Shun Yu combed through the messy thoughts, and said slowly: "Listening to the words of the rough official, Ming Hai and Jingyun met by fate in Luoyang City, I don't know if Jingyun was already a sister-in-law before they met, or they became a sister-in-law after meeting, their feelings were not much more extinguished than back then, and the White Horse Temple and Qiyun Pagoda are not far apart, maybe the chance encounter between the walks is also undecided, and the back and forth has become a big mistake, and who grabbed the handle, so that after Jingyun's death, Ming Hai was unbearable in grief, and the other was held hostage by others, so that he could impeach Tian Shilang. “