Chapter 565 Arrested
Li Mingshu seemed to be an old acquaintance of the abbot. After Lin Changning put her on the ground, she nodded slightly to the abbot and said, "Abbot Jingwu, it has been many years since we last met. Today I have come to fulfill my vow."
The abbot clasped his hands together and bowed to Li Mingshu: "Princess, your arrival today was rushed. There are also many other worshippers who have come to offer incense and fulfill their vows. It is not appropriate for the temple to turn them away. Why don't you wait until tomorrow?"
Li Mingshu was held in Lin Changning's arms. Her face was slightly pale, and she shook her head gently with her eyelashes lowered. "There's no need to disperse them. They're all here to offer incense and fulfill their vows. I'm no different from the others. Let's just let it go."
The abbot's face flickered with hesitation. Was this really the eldest princess? Judging from her complexion, she probably didn't have long to live. It was said that something had happened in their temple, and the emperor, who was so protective of his own, was likely to raze the temple to the ground.
"Princess, the temple is a melting pot of all sorts of people. Your noble status is perhaps too much for you."
As he hesitated, before he could finish speaking, he saw Lin Changning frowning beside Li Mingshu: "I am here, no one can touch my wife."
The host couldn't help but glance at Lin Changning after hearing her resounding words. After carefully examining Lin Changning's features, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.
However, he didn't say anything and bowed to Lin Changning again with his hands clasped together: "Your Excellency is brave and valiant. Then this old monk will take Your Excellency and the Princess to the main hall."
Lin Changning nodded, intending to pick Li Mingshu up in his arms again.
But Li Mingshu refused, saying, "I'm fine, Aning. I can still walk the few steps to the main hall. We're here to fulfill a vow. How can you carry me the whole way? I'll walk by myself."
Seeing this, Lin Changning didn't say anything more. She put her arm around Li Mingshu's waist and let Li Mingshu use her body for support to walk forward.
By the time they reached the main hall, Li Mingshu was panting heavily, and a slight flush had appeared on her pale face.
There were still many worshippers coming and going in the main hall. As soon as Lin Changning entered, he saw a young girl, not very old, dressed very simply, kneeling in front of the Buddha statue with lifeless eyes.
When the abbot saw Lin Changning looking over, he couldn't help but explain, "This is a regular pilgrim, surnamed Su."
Lin Changning sneered: "Surname Su?"
The abbot looked at Lin Changning's unfriendly eyes and was a little suspicious. He had never heard of this newly rich man having any grudges with any family in the capital.
Looking at the way this Marquis of Wu'an looked at the pilgrim who frequently came to his place, even the most foolish abbot could tell that there was something going on between the two.
While they were hesitating, they heard Yue'er, who was in the Duke of Qi's arms, suddenly point loudly at the girl kneeling before the prayer mat in the Buddhist hall and say, "Father! Yue'er knows her! It was she who shouted when we escaped the capital!!!"
When Li Mingshu heard her daughter say this, she couldn't help but recall that when they were fleeing, there was indeed a young girl behind them who, for some reason, drove a carriage to catch up with them.
This caused them to be pursued by the enemy all the way, and they could only escape into the deep mountains, which led to Changning falling into the lake and being shot by an arrow.
Li Mingshu suddenly coughed twice. Lin Changning turned around, his expression instantly becoming tense: "What's wrong? A-Shu? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Mingshu shook her head, caught her breath, and then suddenly looked at the guards beside her, pointing at Lin Chang'an kneeling in front of her and saying, "Guards! Arrest her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two guards came out from behind him and quickly pressed Lin Chang'an, who was kowtowing in front, hard to the ground.
Lin Chang'an still lives in the Marquis's mansion, but the plaque of the mansion is about to be taken down. Su Qingyan is still in prison, and his father's title is about to be stripped.
There is hardly anyone in the mansion who cares about her now, but she is still given food and drink. She is now blind, and apart from the youngest maid, all the other maids have been transferred away by the mistress of the mansion, so there is hardly anyone to serve her.
In the Marquis's mansion, anyone can bully her now. She has no choice but to stay in the temple every day under the pretext of praying for Su Qingyan, which makes her feel a little better.
Upon hearing the voice behind him, Lin Chang'an immediately recognized it and wondered if there was some important person behind him. The next moment, he heard a child's voice.
Some unpleasant memories instantly flooded Lin Chang'an's mind, and sure enough, she was soon pinned to the ground.
Lin Chang'an suddenly remembered who had captured her. After hearing that cold laugh again, she almost instinctively recognized the person next to him as her sixth brother.
Lin Chang'an screamed, "Sixth Brother? Sixth Brother!! No, I'm not Su, my surname is Lin, I'm Fu Bao, Sixth Brother, I'm your sister! I'm Lin Chang'an! Lin Fu Bao! Sixth Brother! Save me, Sixth Brother!"
Lin Changning narrowed his eyes, watching Lin Chang'an struggle and writhe frantically under the guards' grasp, and looked at Li Mingshu with a somewhat hesitant look in his eyes without saying a word.
Li Mingshu pondered for a moment, then asked, "A-Ning? You know her?"
Lin Changning glanced at Lin Chang'an indifferently and denied, "I don't know her."
Lin Chang'an continued to struggle frantically, her screams almost piercing eardrums. Lin Changning frowned, finding Lin Fubao's noise a bit loud, and silently covered Li Mingshu's ears.
Thinking of the extraordinary luck that Lin Fubao and the male protagonist possessed, Lin Changning hesitated for a moment.
Ah Shu is currently in poor health. If she were to harm Lin Fubao, what if there were some kind of backlash...
Thinking of this, Lin Changning said, "First, take the person out and lock them up. This is a sacred Buddhist site. People who have come to fulfill their vows today should not be seen with blood."
Qi Rong glanced at Lin Changning and clearly saw the murderous intent in Lin Changning's eyes. He couldn't help but feel puzzled. Changning had always been kind to women and children, so how could a young girl make Lin Changning so determined to kill her?
I couldn't help but feel a little curious.
Xiao Liu usually has the best temper, so for this girl to have angered him to this extent, she must have done something serious.
Remembering Yue'er's scream just now, Qi Rong couldn't help but ask, "Yue'er, tell your second uncle how someone offended your father and mother?"
Held in Qi Rong's arms, Yue'er glanced furtively at the girl being led away. She then whispered in Qi Rong's ear, covering his ear, "The day we left the city, it was her shout that caused Father and Mother to be chased by pursuers. But I saw it from the carriage. Father was amazing; he shot someone with a single arrow. However, we were still being chased. Eventually, we had no choice but to be chased into the mountains. Father was wounded by an arrow and fell into a lake. Mother carried Father on her back all night. I hate her so much!"
Qi Rong looked at Yue'er pouting and complaining to him, and rubbed her face: "Second Uncle knows. When we get back, Second Uncle will get revenge for Yue'er, okay?"
Yue'er nodded heavily a few times.
"good!"
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