It was about the invasion of the imperial court, and Lin Boqin immediately rushed to the county government with Hu Yu.

Seeing this, Chu Cheng hurriedly tugged at his sleeve: "I'll go too!" ”

"It's cold, what are you going to do?"

Chu Cheng gathered her clothes, but she didn't care, and said cheekily: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I want to follow you." ”

With a smile in her eyes, Lin Boqin's heart moved, but in the end, she couldn't help it, and the three of them went to the county government together.

It was the end of the year, and it was already night, and there were only a few officials on duty in the county office. The cold snow light shone into the courtroom, and it happened to shine on the four words "Mirror hanging", reflecting the human face, which was a little pale.

In the public hall, a bald little novice was standing next to him whimpering.

He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and it was obviously winter, but he wore a thin gray monk's robe that was only worn in spring and summer, and his fingers were stiff and red.

"Lord Lin!"

Seeing Lin Boqin, the little novice hurriedly stepped forward and saluted in a panic, "Lord Lin, you must uphold justice for Bishui Temple!" ”

Lin Boqin raised his hand, signaled him to be calm, and asked, "What the hell is going on, please tell the little master the truth." ”

The main bookkeeper, Gu Jingtong, went home for the New Year, and no one helped him record the case next to him, so Lin Boqin rolled up his sleeves, exposed his bony wrists, held a pen and ink, and recorded the interrogation by himself.

At the third quarter of the hour, a fire suddenly broke out in the temple, and the poor monk heard someone shouting to take away the water, and immediately put out the fire with the senior brothers in the temple. At this moment, Master Xuanming, who was resting in the Zen monastery, happened to see Yu Xuanji flying off the wall and stealing the merit box in the temple! The little novice was about to cry when he said this, "The merit box is filled with the sesame oil money that the pilgrims have kindly donated over the years, but I didn't expect it to be snatched away by Yu Xuanji, how can the people in our temple live...... Woohoo......"

He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and when he thought of this, he couldn't help but cry again.

Tears fell in large quantities, and he raised his hand to wipe them, the joints of his thumb and index finger were already frozen and cracked, and blood was oozing out.

Chu Cheng was delicate and noticed this, but did not ask.

Who taught this novice to open his mouth and say what Jade Xuanji said, maybe this is a conspiracy.

Xiao Shami was still chattering, Lin Boqin had to write and study ink again, and it was too late for a while, Chu Cheng saw it, hurriedly stepped forward, took the ink ingot from his hand, and grinded it lightly.

Lin Boqin glanced at her, reflecting the bright candlelight in the courtroom, her forehead was smooth, her willow eyebrows were shaggy, and her long eyelashes also cast a shadow. Chu Cheng was stunned when she saw him, raised her head and was stunned: "What are you doing, I'll help you study ink, and you can write it quickly!" What's in a daze? ”

Lin Boqin was helpless, and hurriedly lowered his head and continued to wave.

“…… The silver in the merit box is the life of Bishui Temple! ”

The little novice was still crying, but Lin Boqin frowned when he heard this.

He raised his head and asked, "How much silver is in the merit box?" ”

The little novice raised his hand and stretched out his five fingers.

"Fifty taels?"

“…… Five hundred taels. ”

"So much?" Lin Boqin was taken aback, and Hu Yu couldn't help muttering, "My mother, I have never seen five hundred taels of silver in my life!" ”

Chu Cheng didn't have any concept of money, but she also knew that five hundred taels was enough for the entire temple for decades!

Xiao Shami sighed and said, "If there is not much silver, how can Yu Xuanji take the risk of coming to the temple to rob the merit box?" She's all calculated. ”

Chu Ji felt a chill in her heart when she heard this, did this monk know what Yu Xuanji looked like? She didn't speak well: "Really? According to what you said, that Jade Xuanji is arson and robbery, it is really heinous! The little novice said: "The Buddha has a fate, and he also saves the wicked." Don't do all evil, all good is pursued, and people like Yu Xuanji are extremely vicious, even if they are Buddhas, it will be difficult. ”

"You really know enough about Jade Xuanji." Chu Cheng gritted her teeth and said sarcastically.

The little novice's tone stiffened, raised his eyes to look at the delicate woman in front of him, frowned and said: "The female benefactor is so bad, if it weren't for Yu Xuanji destroying my temple and hurting me to preside, how could the poor monk speak ill of her?" ”

Chu Cheng still wanted to refute him, but he heard Lin Boqinhu wonder: "Why is there a huge amount of five hundred taels in that merit box?" ”

Xiao Shami replied: "My lord does not know, there are two merit boxes in Bishui Temple, and every year the silver in the two merit boxes will be collected, and then part of it will be used for the temple's daily living expenses, and the other part will be saved, and the porridge shack and rice and noodles will be distributed to the poor people on a regular basis. The merit box was not summarized in the last two years, and this year, the silver that had been saved for three years was put together, but I didn't expect it to be stolen by Yu Xuanji! ”

Without waiting for Lin Boqin to speak, Yuan Huan glanced at him condescendingly: "Yo, your temple's income is really good, earning more than 200 silver a year, which is much better than being a parent official in Qingyuan County!" ”

Lin Boqin felt that this was inappropriate, glared at her and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"I'm telling the truth." Chu Cheng muttered, but she didn't continue to interrupt.

The hand in the sleeve of the little sand was clenched into a fist, and then explained: "Lord Lin, although the Bishui Temple has a lot of sesame oil a year, which can be used for temple maintenance and food and clothing for dozens of monks in the temple, this money is still not enough. Besides, Bishui Temple holds a free flowing water meal several times a year, so adults should know about it? In all these cases, these expenses are not a small amount. ”

When he said this, his throat choked, but he cried out again: "Just this time, the temple fire burned down more than ten monks' houses, bedding scriptures, and Bodhisattva Buddha statues, which need to be rebuilt. In the cold winter, we monks can only crowd in the main hall, and many monks are infected with the wind cold, but have no money to treat them...... But we are young and strong, and we can bear it. It's a pity that Master Xuanming, the abbot of our temple...... Because he found Yu Xuanji, he was pushed by Yu Xuanji, broke his leg, and is now lying in Dr. Xu's hospital waiting to die. ”

When Chu Ji heard this novice take a bite of "Jade Xuanji", she panicked in her heart!

"You also underestimate Yu Xuanji, if she really meets you presiding over the abbot, shouldn't she kill him?"

“…… This female benefactor, do you have any opinion on Bishui Temple? The little novice had red eyes and glared at Chu Shen.

Chu Cheng was about to say that she had an opinion, and her opinion was still big, but she felt a cold gaze next to her, and she grabbed her belt angrily and twisted her head to the side.

She really can't argue.

If she is found to be protecting Yu Xuanji, she will be suspected by Lin Boqin.

Lin Boqin shook his head helplessly, put the brush aside, and asked, "There are five hundred taels in the merit box, so how can the heavy jade Xuanji snatch it away?" ”

The little novice replied, "It's basically all silver tickets, so they don't weigh much." ”

"Have you ever seen Jade Xuanji?"

"When I was saving Master Xuanming, I met with him."

Lin Boqin hurriedly picked up the pen and said, "Describe her general facial features." ”

Xiao Shami was slightly stunned, and then thought hard and said: "Big eyes, long eyebrows, round face......" Lin Boqin drew it in general, and Chu Cheng hurriedly tiptoed to take a sneak look.

Tsk, it's like a lady who sells tofu at the entrance of the village.

It's not like her at all.

Lin Boqin also found out, he handed the portrait to the novice, frowned, and said, "Are you sure that Jade Xuanji looks like this?" ”

Sha Mi looked at it and immediately shook his head: "Xu is the poor monk's description is not right, that Jade Xuanji looks very beautiful, and she doesn't look like she is twenty years old." His gaze fell on Chu Hui, and he suddenly raised his hand and pointed, "It's a little similar to this female benefactor." ”

As soon as Chu Cheng heard this, she felt the gaze of Lin Boqin and Hu Yu, and the hairs on her body stood up.

She couldn't help but feel weak, scolded this novice in her heart, and was about to defend herself, when she heard Lin Boqin raise her tone and was displeased: "Little master, you can eat food indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense." She is the official and has nothing to do with Yu Xuanji! ”

Lin Boqin is an official and understands very well the power of the three of them becoming tigers. Lord Huo Ying attaches great importance to this case, if it really provokes Chu Cheng, it will be tricky.

He glanced at Chu Hui, who was huffing like a little puffer fish next to him, and thought, just her? Also the river and ocean thieves?

Except for the looks, there is no place to match.

Not to mention......

He felt that Chu Ji was much more beautiful than that Yu Xuanji.

Lin Boqin asked Sha Mi a few more questions, such as Yu Xuanji's height and clothing, the size and material of the merit box, no matter how big or small, Sha Mi answered honestly. The county government is understaffed, and it is impossible to brave the wind and snow to go to Xixia Mountain so late. Lin Boqin plans to call Hu Yu tomorrow and go to Bishui Temple to check in person.

When Xiao Shami was leaving, Lin Boqin gave him ten taels of silver and asked him to ask the doctor to show Master Xuanming his leg injury. Xiao Shami was very moved, his eyes were red, and he thanked Lin Boqin for his farewell.

After all, this matter is about herself, and Chu Cheng can't help but be concerned.

She walked quickly to Lin Boqin and asked him, "Are you really going to Xixia Mountain tomorrow?" ”

"No matter what the case is, you have to go to the scene and see it for yourself."

"That's right." Chu Cheng smiled sweetly, "I'll go with my husband!" ”

Her sentence "husband" was abrupt, Lin Boqin's heart jumped, and he was about to frown, when he saw Chu Cheng wrinkling his nose at him, and said coquettishly: "Tomorrow is the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to custom, you have to accompany me back to my mother's house in Yunzhou." However, Yunzhou is too far away from Wangzhou, and I won't mess around, so I'll go to Xixia Mountain with you to see the scenery, okay? ”

Chu Cheng has made up her mind.

These novices, dare to say that she set fire to rob money, splashed dirty water on her, she wants to see for herself, what kind of ghost tricks are ghosts!

Lin Boqin thought that she was married far away and alone, and her tense and handsome face couldn't help but loosen.

He said in a deep voice: "I'm not looking at the scenery tomorrow. ”

"I know." Chu Cheng happily shook his sleeves, his eyes full of anticipation, "You investigate the case, I'll look at the scenery, and then we'll go home together!" ”

If she wants to coax people, her mouth will be like honey.

Just the sentence "go home together" made Lin Boqin listen very ironingly. Naturally, she would not refuse her now, so she had to sigh: "That's it, it may snow tomorrow, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, you bring a hand stove and wear thicker." ”

Chu Cheng was secretly happy in her heart, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, husband!" ”