Chapter 524

Sanniang frowned when she heard this.

Now living in the temple on this mountain is basically the female dependents of the powerful families in Beijing, and the male servants who came over with the family are arranged in the farmhouse or other courtyard at the bottom of the mountain, and there may be some men with status who will come up to enjoy the scenery of the mountains during the day and will not be blocked.

However, at night and early in the morning, men are generally not allowed to go up the mountain, which is almost a common rule that everyone has agreed on.

"Which family is it from?" Sanniang asked. Maybe some people from other places don't understand the rules here, and they can't say for sure.

Bai Ying said: "That little master said that one of them is the family of Lord Chen's family in Honglu Temple. Because she walked with those entourage, she happened to recognize a grandmother next to Mrs. Chen, who settled in this Yunqing Temple when Mrs. Chen came to watch the autumn leaves last year. ”

Honglu Siqing's wife, it can't be that she doesn't know the rules.

"In addition to Lord Chen's family servants and two families also came up the mountain, this mountain road is full of people, and the ladies of each family dare not go out, and the owner of Yunqing Temple is afraid of disturbing the guests, so he asks the temple door to be closed." Bai Ying added.

"Young lady, the slave maid went to investigate." Brandy.

Sanniang thought for a while and nodded: "You pay attention to safety, it's best to bring a few people with you." ”

Bai Lan retreated.

When Sanniang and Bai Ying returned to the inner room, Wei Yunying had already gotten up and was being dressed by her maid. Seeing Sanniang coming in, Wei Yunying smiled at her: "Sister Ake, when did you get up?" I don't know. ”

Sanniang instructed Bai Ying to let the little girl come in with water and wait for washing. asked people to go to Wei Yunying to get her toiletries, and said to Wei Yunying with a smile: "I just got up, and I didn't call you when I saw that you were sleeping sweetly." You wash up here and then go back to change your clothes and jewelry. Let's tidy up. ”

Wei Yunying responded, and waited for the maids to come in and finish serving the two of them to wash.

Sanniang said to Wei Yunying: "You will wait for me in the room when you pack up, and if you want to go out then, I will call you." "I thought about it. And he added: "Don't run around, lest I find you when the time comes." ”

Wei Yunying nodded obediently and went back with her maid.

Sanniang asked the maids to quickly finish dressing up and was wearing jewelry, and Wang Zheng came.

Seeing Wang Zhengdi's face, Sanniang knew that she must have noticed something unusual outside. Sure enough, the first thing Wang Zheng said was: "You know what? It seems to be messed up outside. ”

Sanniang nodded. Stopping the maid from sticking the heavy golden phoenix hairpin on her head again, she got up and sat down with Wang Zheng at the table in the middle of the room.

"When Bai Ying went to the kitchen to ask for water this morning, she heard what the master here said, but she didn't know what was going on. I've sent someone out to find out. Why don't we go to Mrs. Wei's side, if there is something, Mrs. Shi will definitely go and talk to her. Sanniang said.

Wang Zheng nodded: "I'm also just getting up." I listened to the maids talking, and after a little freshening, I came over. "Wang Zheng's dress today is also very simple, and he doesn't have too cumbersome jewelry on his body.

When Sanniang and Wang Zheng arrived at Mrs. Wei's room, the hostess of Yunqing Temple was really here.

“…… Madame don't have to worry, the temple gate is already closed, and there will be no one waiting to come in and disturb a few ladies and young ladies. If there is any news outside, the poor nun must tell her wife. ”

Mrs. Wei frowned, and when she looked up, she saw Sanniang and Wang Zheng coming together. She nodded, and asked the two of them to sit down next to each other. Then he said to the teacher, "I will send a few grandmothers out to ask the ladies to see what is going on." They are also stable people on weekdays, and if something happens, they will never let the manservant come up the mountain. ”

Shi Tai hurriedly said: "It's okay if it's like this, the poor nun asked a few disciples to lead the grandmothers over." ”

Mrs. Wei nodded. summoned Mama Tang beside her, gave some orders, and Mrs. Shi went out with Mama Tang.

Mrs. Wei said to Sanniang and Wang Zheng at this time: "I think you have also heard, Lord Chen of Honglu Temple, Shuntian Mansion and Dali Temple Zuo Shaoqing Liu The entourage of Lord Liu came up the mountain early this morning. I don't know what happened yet, but you're all staying in this temple and don't go out for the time being. Yun Ying's side, I have already explained to Mama. ”

Sanniang and Wang Zheng glanced at each other and nodded in response.

After a while, Sanniang asked people to call Wei Yunying over and have breakfast together at Mrs. Wei's place. Wei Yunying pondered for a long time, and finally came over.

As soon as a few people finished eating, the maid beside Mrs. Wei hurriedly ran in and said, "Madam, someone knocked on the temple door outside and wanted to come in." I was stopped by the master who was guarding the door, and those people said they wanted to see you. ”

Mrs. Wei was taken aback, and Sanniang and Wang Zheng also frowned.

"But who is it?" Mrs. Wei said.

The maid hurriedly replied: "Because I heard a man's voice outside, the master refused to open the door." But then another grandmother spoke, and she said that she was the housekeeper of Mrs. Chen's side, and she wanted to see you for something. ”

Mrs. Wei pondered for a moment, and then said to the maid, "You go and tell her, because we are all women here, so it's okay for Mama to come in, and the rest of us are waiting outside." ”

The maid hurried out, and after a while brought in two grandmothers.

In the early morning of late autumn, the two grandmothers were full of sweat on their foreheads, and hurriedly saluted, and one of them said: "Mrs. Wei, the slave maid is the grandmother next to Mrs. Honglu Siqing, I have bothered you, please atone for your sins." ”

Mrs. Wei nodded: "I know your wife, I don't know what you are looking for me for......"

The lady said, "I don't know if the lady has met a few maids around my young lady in the mountains this morning?" ”

Another grandmother hurriedly said, "There is also the maid next to my young lady." Seeing Mrs. Wei looking at her, the grandmother hurriedly said, "The slave maid is the grandmother next to Mrs. Cheng of Shuntianfu, my young lady...... The maid beside the young lady is also gone. ”

Mrs. Wei thought about it, asked Mama Tang to come in, and asked her to ask who had gone out early in the morning and had seen the people of the Chen family and the Guan family. The two grandmothers thanked them gratefully.

It's just that Mama Tang went to ask again, and no one went out in the morning.

The two grandmothers were disappointed, and finally left in a hurry.

As soon as they left, the room was silent for a while, and Mrs. Wei asked Sanniang first: "A few maids are missing, so much fanfare?" ”

Sanniang thought for a while: "I'm afraid it's gone, not just a few maids." ”

Wang Zheng thought the same thing, so he frowned and nodded.

Although Wei Yunying didn't know what was going on, she also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, so she sat obediently on the side and didn't speak.

After that, Sanniang and Wang Zheng retreated, Wei Yunying also wanted to follow, Sanniang explained to her: "I'm afraid something happened outside, you are here to accompany your mother, don't go around." ”

Wei Yunying hesitated for a while, saw Mrs. Wei looking at her, and finally nodded and sat down again.

Sanniang asked Wang Zheng to go to her house to drink tea and wait for news from Bailan.

This wait is more than an hour, and there are no fewer people outside, but those who are looking for people are becoming more and more impatient. The moment she saw Bai Lan come in, Sanniang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that before Sanniang could ask, the noise outside became louder, and it was even mixed with frightened screams. It was very quiet in the mountains and forests in the morning, and this eerie sound was heard far away.

Sanniang was shocked and looked at Bai Lan.

Bai Lan's face was also a little bad, and the words she said were even more terrifying: "Early this morning, the eldest lady of the Qing family of Honglu Temple and the second lady of the Shuntian Mansion Cheng family made an appointment to take their own grandmother and maid to find a scenery painting outside. Because there are many talented people and talented women who come here every year to watch the autumn leaves, there is a fight in the forest under the mountain this afternoon. The two young ladies are both well-known talented women in Beijing, and they want to compete with each other in today's fight. It's just that not long after they went out, they were gone, and even the dozen or so family members who were with them disappeared. The two ladies hurriedly sent the grandmothers to look for them, but the dozen or so people really disappeared for no reason. As a last resort, the two ladies had no choice but to ask Mama to call the attendants placed at the bottom of the mountain to come up and find someone. ”

Sanniang already had a bad premonition in her heart when she heard this.

Sure enough, Bai Lan continued: "They searched all over the mountain and didn't find it, and the slave maid just went out to inquire and felt that something was wrong, so she deliberately checked the traces on the ground, and sure enough, I found some clues." The slave and maid followed the traces to a cave, and as soon as they entered, they smelled a strong smell of blood, and they took a look at it...... There were sixteen corpses inside. ”

Although Sanniang has already made some psychological preparations, she can't help but feel a little numb when she hears this.

"When the slave maid came out just now, she had already led those people to the cave, and presumably those corpses had been found just now." Bai Lan's face was grim, "It's just that the slave maid didn't see the eldest lady of the Chen family and the second miss of the Guan family among those corpses. ”

"Even if there are no bodies, this is ...... Presumably, their situation is not optimistic. Wang Zheng's eyes were unbearable.

"Who did it as you see it?" Sanniang asked Bai Lan, who knew that Bai Lan must have examined the corpses.

Bai Lan thought for a while: "The wounds of those corpses are all in the back of the heart, and they are all killed with a single knife, the knife technique is clean and neat, and he is a veteran who has killed many people." Presumably they approached from behind and killed them all without alerting anyone. Preliminary judgment...... There were at least eight murderers. ”

"Could it be the ...... who went up the mountain yesterday?" asked Sanniang, referring to the Mongols sent by the Mongol king.

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Thanks to bobo81135395 , Lei Yimeng's pink ticket ~ ^^ (to be continued)