Chapter 46: Hanging in the Balance

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In the pavilion, Su Wanqiu sat on a chair, touching the cold tea cup with her fingers, and looked sideways at the Kaiyuan Hall in front of her.

The Kaiyuan Hall is the main hall in the Jining Temple, and the abbot of Yuankong naturally does not allow others to chisel the walls of the Kaiyuan Palace, but the prefect is anxious to solve the case, and there will inevitably be disputes.

"The Kaiyuan Hall was built for the 22nd year of the first emperor, which cost countless manpower and material resources, and there are several Buddha statues enshrined in it, which must not be easily destroyed." Abbot Yuankong's voice was calm and compassionate, but his tone was extremely resolute.

Seeing that the abbot of Yuankong was stubborn, the prefect suddenly had a look of annoyance on his face: "Could it be that Master Yuankong is trying to shield the murderer?" Master Yuanji appeared here, but you all said that you had never seen it, and you didn't say anything about covering up the murderer, and now you are still hindering the official from handling the case! ”

Abbot Yuankong shook his head, let out a long sigh, and said: "Please calm your anger, Jining Temple has no intention of shielding the murderer, and the poor monk does not know that the younger brother of Yuanji appears here, but the Kaiyuan Hall was supervised by the Emperor Jiang Daren, if the adult is not ten percent sure that the murderer can be found, the consequences of destroying the Kaiyuan Hall are not something that the adults can bear by themselves." ”

The prefect's face changed suddenly.

Su Wanqiu looked at the two of them from afar, revealing a thoughtful look, there is obviously something wrong with this Kaiyuan Palace, but what the abbot of Yuankong said is not bad, if the prefect is desperate to chisel the walls of the Kaiyuan Hall now, it will be enough to find the murderer, if you can't find it, the consequences will be extremely serious.

"I heard Miss Su say that Master Yuanji left a note, I don't know what it is? Can Miss So let her subordinates take a look? ”

A respectful and low voice came from the side, and Su Wanqiu turned her head to see that it was the strategist beside the prefect, so she nodded and handed the note to the strategist.

He took it, looked at it carefully for a long time, and probably couldn't see any clues, muttered for a long time, and said: "The handwriting on this seems to be Sanskrit, and only the abbot in Jining Temple can understand it." ”

"We all know this without you saying it." Fuchun is dissatisfied with the authentic.

His face flushed slightly, and he returned the note to Su Wanqiu, and said, "It's just that I can't find Master Yuanji now, I don't know if Miss has any way?" ”

Su Wanqiu smiled faintly: "What can I do, it depends on whether the prefect can say that Master Dongyuankong allows him to send someone to smash the wall of this Kaiyuan Palace." ”

In front of the Kaiyuan Palace, the prefect endured a breath in his heart, he now had an urge to order someone to forcibly demolish the Kaiyuan Palace, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, after all, he couldn't afford this consequence, so he had to swallow his anger and said: "Master Yuankong, rest assured, all the costs of the rebuilding of the Kaiyuan Palace have been borne by the Yamen." ”

"Money is nothing but things outside the body, and the Buddha must never be blasphemed." The abbot of Yuankong was still unmoved.

Seeing that the abbot of Yuankong was soft and hard, the prefect had no choice but to give up, he walked to the pavilion, slapped his fist on the pillar of the pavilion, and said angrily: "I'm afraid that Jining Temple is colluding with the murderer, otherwise how can I not even know that Master Yuanji is in the temple?" ”

"My lord, don't be affected by emotions when handling cases." Su Wanqiu reminded softly.

The prefect exhaled, "I know. ”

Then, he let out a long sigh: "But there are no clues recently, whether it is Qingque Alley or Jining Temple, I have sent people to investigate back and forth several times, but nothing has been found, if it is not for Miss Su to discover Master Yuanji this time, this case is still no progress." ”

"My lord, there are many unsolved cases in this world, and there are many of them." The strategist said in a low voice, they had also encountered many doubtful cases in the past, and they should be treated as unsolved cases.

The prefect didn't know this, but he gritted his teeth and said, "It's just another case, this case is very important, and you can't neglect it." ”

He received a secret letter from the Seven Princes a few days ago, which was about this case, obviously the Seventh Prince Mingyi was very interested in this case, and the last time the Seven Princes notified him to come to Jining Temple, since it was the order of the Seven Princes, how could he not obey.

"It's better to surround the Kaiyuan Hall first, I don't believe that Master Yuanji can hide in the Kaiyuan Hall all the time." Fuchun proposed.

"I don't know where the secret passage in the hall leads, if it leads to the outside of the temple, then wouldn't it be meaningless to surround the Kaiyuan Palace?" The strategist frowned.

"Then just arrest the people in Jining Temple." Fu Chun sneered, "Interrogation alone, torture, I don't believe that there is no one in Jining Temple who doesn't know." ”

Chu Yu on the side thought of the various punishments that Fuchun mentioned that day, and suddenly felt creepy, Fuchun's methods were indeed terrifying.

"No." The prefect shook his head, "Interrogating the people in the temple with such fanfare and for no reason will definitely cause criticism. ”

"Fuchun's proposal just now is good." Su Wanqiu pondered, "First surround the Kaiyuan Palace, no matter whether it is useful or not, at least it can be prevented." ”

The prefect nodded: "Then I will send someone immediately." ”

Seeing that the prefect had arranged it, Su Wanqiu gave the note in his hand to Fuchun.

Fuchun looked at Su Wanqiu with some surprise: "Miss, ...... are you?" ”

"You give this to the Seventh Prince." Su Wanqiu said softly, "There shouldn't be anything to ask in Jining Temple, there are so many capable people around the seventh prince, and the content on this note will definitely not be difficult for him." ”

"Yes." Fuchun responded.

"Go now." Su Wanqiu said, "There is no need to delay until the evening." ”

On weekdays, Fuchun passed the news to Mingyi at night, and when she heard Su Wanqiu's words, she was slightly stunned, then nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

As soon as the words fell, she took the note into her arms and walked away.

That note seems to have been carved by Master Yuanji, so it shouldn't be any important information, but it can't be left behind.

"By the way, miss, the slave maid has something to understand." Chu Yu thought about it for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking.

"What's the matter?" Su Wanqiu smiled slightly and said gently.

"Why is Miss so concerned about this case?" Chu Yu looked at Su Wanqiu and said with some puzzlement, "This case has nothing to do with Miss, and besides, she ...... Fuchun."

Fuchun approached Miss clearly with ulterior motives.

Su Wanqiu shook her head, turned her head to look at the mountains in the distance, her eyes were far away, she smiled faintly, and said, "If I say that this case is related to the future of the entire Hou Mansion, do you believe it or not?" ”

Chu Yu was stunned, she could only see Su Wanqiu's side face, but on that beautiful face, there was a very serious look, so, even if this sound a little incredible, it was still very convincing.