Ning Shu entered the Taoist temple to pray for blessings, but she went through the motions, and after the hasty end, she saw Xie Yunyan's figure from a distance.

"It's done?" Ning Shu asked with a smile.

Xie Yunyan spread his hands proudly, "I'll do things, don't worry, madam." ”

The two came to a dense forest in the mountains behind the Dakong Temple, and Ning Shu saw that Xu Daochang was tied to the trunk of a tree with a strong knot.

He squinted his eyes slightly, looked Ning Shu and Xie Yunyan up and down, and snorted coldly: "Since Lord Xie already knows the identity of Poor Dao, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it." ”

"Daoist Master misunderstood, we are not here to kill you." Ning Shu walked up to Xu Daochang, and with a slight wave of her jade hand, she shook in the air in front of Xu Daochang.

Xu Daochang suddenly felt as if the blood in his body had coagulated, his breathing was heavy, and his head was still a little dizzy.

The lush woods in his eyes lost their color in an instant, and his eyes swirled, and he could only see Ning Shu's pretty face that charmed all beings.

Dianjiang's lips opened and closed slightly, and a faint voice came.

"We just want to ask Daoist Xu, where is the official silver hidden?"

Xu Daochang's consciousness began to blur, he shook his head, and hummed with the last trace of will: "I, I don't know what you're talking about-"

"Then let's talk about something else, Xu Daochang is the one who inquires about the king, what is the purpose of hibernation in Dakong Temple?"

Xu Daochang drooped his head, shook it violently, and bit the root of his tongue fiercely.

His vision finally regained clarity in an instant, and he hurriedly said, "Kill me, kill me!" I won't say that! ”

Ning Shu came closer, and her deep eyes stared at Xu Daochang's eyes faintly, "Where is Guanyin?" ”

"Ahh

Suddenly, Xu Daochang let out an angry roar.

His pupils bulged, his eyes were red and he stared at Ning Shu, his face was hideous.

Immediately after, a stream of blood gushed out of his mouth, Xie Yunyan's eyes froze, and he quickly grabbed Ning Shu's arm and stepped back.

"He-" Ning Shu looked at Xu Daochang in shock and drooped his head, and hurriedly explained: "It's not me, I didn't kill him." ”

Xie Yunyan hugged her in his arms comfortingly, and said softly, "I know." It should have been him who tried his last shred of will and chose to explode and die. ”

Ning Shudai frowned slightly, "Would you rather die than tell where the official silver is stored?" ”

"To be placed in Kyoto by the King of Inquiry, presumably Daoist Xu should be the person trusted by the King of Inquiry."

Since he chose to be loyal to King Xun, Xu Daochang naturally had the heart of death.

Sighing slightly, Ning Shu's chin lifted slightly, looked at Xie Yunyan and asked, "Then what should I do now?" I don't know if Daoist Xu has any accomplices in the Great Sky Temple, in case he startles the snake-"

"Don't worry, madam, I'll arrange it."

Xie Yunyan whistled, and several black-clothed guards suddenly appeared in the depths of the mountain forest.

After ordering them to bury Daochang Xu's body, Xie Yunyan took Ning Shu down the mountain.

"It seems that we can only think in the long run."

Ning Shu stepped on the stone steps one by one, suddenly glanced back at the main gate of the Dakong Temple, and said suspiciously: "There is no official silver in the Taoist temple?" ”

The stone steps have been in disrepair for a long time, and there are a few places that are slightly loose, Xie Yunyan grabbed Ning Shu's hand tightly, signaled her to be careful about the stone steps under her feet, shook her head and said: "The statues in the Taoist temple, the sink, and the incense burner for adding incense money have all been checked in the vegetable garden in the back mountain, and they have not been found." ”

Unless the officers and soldiers were sent with great fanfare to turn over every inch of soil on the mountain, Xie Yunyan would not trouble Ning Shu to come together to ask Daoist Xu.

Ning Shu retracted his gaze, stepped on the stone steps carefully, and suddenly said: "He has been waiting at the door of the Taoist temple all the year round, as a person who guards the official silver, the place where he is always there should be the place where the official silver is hidden, perhaps——"

Ning Shu looked back again and pointed to the two solemn stone pillars on the top of the mountain, "Maybe it's there?" ”

Xie Yunyan looked at the two stone pillars that seemed to reach the sky, and chuckled: "No, those two stone pillars have existed since the establishment of the Dakong Temple, if you want to replace the two stone pillars, it is impossible for the people who come to burn incense not to know." ”

Ning Shu still felt that it was a little suspicious for Xu Daochang to appear at that door all day long, but she couldn't say where it was, so she had to silently follow Xie Yunyan back to the Guogong Mansion.

Xie Yunyan didn't stop for a moment, and after personally sending Ning Shu into the room, he directly entered the palace to report to the emperor.

After listening to Xie Yunyan's report with a headache, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes with a cold gaze.

"The matter of the official bank continues to be investigated, and it is really impossible to find it even if the Dakong Temple is demolished."

The treasury of the State of Qi is empty, and the silver of 100,000 taels of white flowers is not a decimal, and the emperor does not want to be cheap, so he asked the old thief of the king, and ordered:

"As for Yuzhou, it can't be delayed any longer, and I will immediately issue an order to send troops stationed nearby to annihilate King Xun. At the same time, you and Xiang Commander each bring men and horses to secretly capture the people on the roster and return them to prison. ”

Xie Yunyan received the order.

For now, this should be the best decision.

Not long after walking out of the Xuanyi Palace, the shadow in front of Xie Yunyan dimmed, and after he hurriedly raised his head to see the person who came, he smiled kindly: "See Lian Shangshu for the lower officials." ”

Lian Rong was dressed in a first-class court dress, holding a book in his hand, with a slightly majestic look on his old face, his eyes were fixed on Xie Yunyan's fake smile, and then he also smiled: "Lord Xie." ”

"Lord Xie, this is just finished discussing with His Majesty?"

Xie Yunyan patted the folds on the corners of his skirt that didn't exist in the first place, and said with a smile: "No, Xia Guan is just sending sweet soup to His Majesty." ”

Lian Shangshu's smile froze on his face, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Xie Yunyan: "Lord Xie's joke is not funny at all. ”

"Then why did even Shangshu knowingly ask?"

Judging from Xie Yunyan's gentle attitude alone, there was no trace of laughter at all.

But Lian Shangshu's face was getting heavier and heavier.

He has been an official for many years, and he is in the first class of Shangshu, what kind of person has not seen it?

It's just that Xie Yunyan doesn't eat hard and soft, and often opposes him.

"Lord Xie has done his best for the government, and the old man admires it very much. It's just that I don't know when the old man offended Master Xie? ”

Even if there is, he is conceited to do a trickle, so why not?

Xie Yunyan grinned and smiled like a spring breeze.

"Lian Shangshu, where is this?" He glanced at the fold in Lian Shangshu's hand, and smiled slightly: "Since Lian Shangshu still has important things to do, then the lower official will leave first." ”

"No." Lian Shangshu's face was gloomy, and a pair of bean-sized eyeballs seemed to burst out, clinging to Xie Yunyan's back.

It wasn't until Xie Yunyan's figure disappeared from sight that he shouted angrily:

"Humph! Yellow-mouthed children, I don't know the number of etiquette. ”

Behind him, a figure slowly appeared from around the corner, his viper-like pupils stared at the direction where Xie Yunyan had disappeared, and said softly: "Uncle doesn't have to be as knowledgeable as him, isn't he doing his best for the court?" That should be the case after death—"

Lian Shangshu retracted his gaze and waved his hands at the man: "Fourth Highness—"

The fourth prince bowed slightly: "Let's go, my father is still waiting." ”