Song Yushu was frightened by Lu Zhixing's howl. She and Liu Bai, who pushed the door open, looked at each other in confusion.
The prince has become shy recently. As a prince, it is normal for maids and eunuchs to help him take a bath.
I'm sick. I'm sick.
The two shook their heads helplessly.
There was nothing to find any strong evidence in Yuqing Temple, but the tools they had not yet collected proved that the disappearance of the prostitutes might not only be related to the Minister of Rites' lust, but also to the elixir that Lu Zhichen wanted.
They stayed there for a few days before moving on to the next Taoist temple. The Taoist children all stood at the door to see them off with tears in their eyes.
Finally he left!
Even when Liu Bai rode his horse to the front, he could still receive those strange and eager gazes.
White Horse View.
The temple master Xu Yangzi and the Taoist boy were waiting respectfully outside the door. They had already heard about the commotion King Jing had made in Yuqing Temple before, so they had to do what they should do. He was not the same as that idiot Qingfeng!
Xu Yangzi thought proudly that he had cleaned up all traces in his temple, and King Jing would not be able to find any clues even if he dug three feet into the ground!
However, his pride only lasted for a few hours. Logically, King Jing's carriage should have set out from Yuqing Temple in the early morning and arrived here in the evening. Why was it almost midnight and there was still no sign of him?
Xu Yangzi frowned and thought for a while. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. He clapped his hands and shouted, "It's over! They didn't follow the route! Quick! Notify all the Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries!"
It's not that King Jing wanders around randomly, but I'm worried that there are people from the Crown Prince in King Jing's team. Song Yushu has been to the Crown Prince's mansion and is very favored. He might be the Crown Prince's informant! This is a big problem!
When the messenger from Baima Temple reported the news, Song Yushu and Lu Zhixing had already taken their people to Xuanmiao Temple, which was a few hours' journey away from Baima Temple.
The abbot here is even more arrogant than the abbot of Yuqing Temple. He seems to be very favored by Prince Yu Lu Zhichen. When he learned that Lu Zhixing was coming, he did not show up.
After Lu Zhixing entered the Taoist temple and settled down, the abbot of Xuanmiao Temple, Qiu Mingzi, still did not show up. Song Yushu stood in the yard directing people to clean the courtyard, looking very disgusted.
"The courtyard floor was swept carefully with tea."
"The prince cannot stand the smell of incense. Please move the incense burners in the courtyard and outside."
"There aren't enough candles in the yard. The prince can't see the light. You guys hurry up and get it done."
The domineering attitude made the Taoists in Xuanmiao Temple very angry. They felt that a blind prince was going too far.
"What's wrong? Do you have something to hide?" Song Yushu looked at the Taoist priests who were standing still with a wry smile on his face.
Following Song Yushu's gaze, the guards behind her also looked over. They were all veteran soldiers. Just standing there and looking at them could frighten the Taoists who chanted scriptures and preached all day long.
Taoist Qingyang, the disciple of the master of Xuanmiao Temple, twitched his lips. "What are you talking about, eunuch? How could we have any unspeakable secrets? As long as His Royal Highness Prince Jing needs it, we can naturally do it."
Song Yushu nodded with satisfaction. "That's good. By the way, I heard there's a lotus pond in the temple. The lotus flowers should be in bloom now, right? Pick some fresh lotus flowers and bring them over. Oh, and where is the temple's kitchen? I need to go see it myself."
Even if they looked down on Lu Zhixing, he was still a prince, and the guards around him were no pushovers. Under pressure, Taoist Qingyang could only nod and agree.
Song Yushu's disturbance caused unrest in most of the Xuanmiao Temple, and Lu Zhixing took advantage of this opportunity to conduct a secret inspection with his men.
Soon they had searched all the palaces and attics around Xuanmiao Temple and reached the place closest to the subjective subject, where they discovered something unusual.
The patrols here are extremely frequent, and the Taoist priests on patrol have slightly bulging temples and steady, powerful steps, and it's obvious that they are experts.
The evening breeze blew over the patrolling Taoist priests. The leading Taoist priest suddenly turned around and glanced in the direction of the attic, feeling that something had just passed by.
"What's wrong?" A Taoist priest standing behind him asked immediately after noticing it.
"I feel like something just passed by." The leading Taoist priest was very suspicious and felt something was wrong. "Could it be King Jing's men?"
"Don't worry, what can that blind prince do? We are patrolling so closely, nothing will happen!" The Taoist priest snorted. He didn't know why they were patrolling so hard. It was just that blind prince leading a few people. Even if he found their loopholes, what could he do?
Could he possibly turn against his own brother and the Lin family?
Lu Zhixing, who had already sneaked into the subjective attic, stood in the dark with his men and listened to their conversation. After confirming that there was no problem, he continued to search forward.
Thanks to the arrogance of the master of Xuanmiao Temple, he only set up patrols outside the temple and did not place patrol personnel inside the temple, so Lu Zhixing and his party's search was very smooth.
The subjective concept of this mysterious temple is very grand. Not only does it cover a large area, but it also has five floors.
Liu Bai went upstairs and took a look around, but didn't find anything wrong.
Lu Zhixing stood in the main hall, with his hands behind his back, looking around, and found that the statue of the Three Pure Ones enshrined in the hall was incredibly large. Under the dim candlelight, the back of the statue was pitch black, looking like a bottomless pit.
He waved his hand and cautiously led his men around to the back of the statue of the Three Pure Ones.
Sure enough, there is a door behind the statue of the Three Pure Ones. It appears behind the statue in a big way, relying on the fact that ordinary pilgrims cannot get behind the statue. It seems that the owner of the Xuanmiao Temple is really arrogant and does not care about being discovered at all.
Gently pushing open the door, a secret passage leading to the underground suddenly appeared, and a strange smell drifted out.
It was the smell of cooked meat. Lu Zhixing and Liu Bai were both veterans of the battlefield. After every battle, the artillery fire would ignite everything on the battlefield...
Lu Zhixing frowned slightly and cautiously led his men into the passage that exuded a strange atmosphere.
At the same time that Lu Zhixing and his men disappeared into the passage, Song Yushu had already brought his men to the kitchen of Xuanmiao Temple.
This kitchen has three rooms, and all the ingredients are available, including meat and fish. This is not surprising. What is surprising is that the ingredients here are too rich.
Song Yushu pretended to prepare dinner for Lu Zhixing and turned all the ingredients in the kitchen upside down. According to previous intelligence, there were fifty or sixty Taoist priests in Xuanmiao Temple. Even if the pilgrims living in the temple were included, there were no more than a hundred.
But the ingredients here far exceed this amount, and the quality of the ingredients is also very high.
That proves that there are many people coming to this Xuanmiao Temple every day, and their levels are not low.
It seems that this mysterious temple may not only be related to the missing prostitute, but also has a certain connection with other larger things...
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