Fen Ling was very fascinated as he kept studying, using his hand to demonstrate while reading the sword manual, and after more than an hour, he had only read a few pages of it.
Su Rong waved her hand in front of his eyes, "Pass it to me."
Fen Ling jolted, "My lady, have you finished reading?"
"Mmhm."
Fen Ling, who was disheartened earlier, still felt defeated by her, surged to hand the sword manual to her, "This sword manual is very profound, sister, I am struggling to understand it, counting on you now, please remember it."
Su Rong’s head was almost exploding, but she could still cram this sword manual into her brain. She took it over and skimmed through it rapidly.
Fen Ling continued to ponder the sword moves he had just learned, demonstrating them with both his hands, moving backward and forward. He frowned at some places where he didn’t understand, looking puzzled.
This sword manual was indeed complex, it was a mixture of intricate verses and confusing illustrations. It took Su Rong more than an hour to finish it, which is more than the combined time she had spent on the previous five books. Only after she finished the last page did she pass the book back to Fen Ling and stood up abruptly, "Let’s go."
Fen Ling immediately grabbed all the books and held them in his arms, "Sister, how was it?"
"My head is about to explode." Su Rong said, "I want to sleep right away."
"Then let’s leave quickly." Fen Ling recalled the time when their master was reading in Master Xie’s study room and she fainted due to exhaustion just to get out early for some fun. He was worried that she would faint here before they reached back, which would cause trouble.
The two of them arrived on the first floor, and just like how they opened the secret room, Fen Ling held onto the golden thread, Su Rong sneaked into the secret room, put the books back exactly in their original places.
Then Fen Ling quickly flicked the Night Pearl against the door lock, which was the signal they had agreed upon with Yin Yue earlier.
As expected, shortly after he flashed the signal, they heard a subtle "click" sound from outside, the door silently opened. Su Rong and Fen Ling left one by one, seeing that the two monks guarding outside had been replaced. Those two monks were wearing thick robes, leaning against the wall, napping in the wind-protected corner.
Fen Ling mocked, thinking that this guard was too negligent. He quietly bolted the lock, and re-locked the door securely, then went with Su Rong, along the same path they followed earlier, and left the Book Pavilion.
When they returned to their place, they saw that the lamp in the hall was lit up, Ye Guixue was sitting at the table, reading a scroll, obviously waiting for them.
Upon their return, Ye Guixue immediately put down the scroll and stood up, "You’re back?"
Su Rong nodded, in a faint voice, "Guixue, I can’t keep up anymore, I need to sleep immediately, I’ll talk to you tomorrow."
"Alright, go rest." Ye Guixue saw her extremely pale face, he was somewhat worried, "Do you want me to call the doctor?"
Su Rong only waved her hand in response, and went straight back to her room.
Fen Ling followed her in and said to Ye Guixue, "My sister is just exhausted. Let her get some sleep and she’ll be fine. Second young master Ye doesn’t need to worry."
Ye Guixue lowered his voice to ask, "How did she get so tired?"
Fen Ling roughly explained to him.
Ye Guixue thought that in nearly three hours, from nightfall to now, it was already past Ziye, even with a photographic memory, it is extremely draining. He nodded, "Ask the kitchen to prepare some tonic soups for her tomorrow!"
Fen Ling uttered a couple of affirmatives, also looking extremely exhausted, "Second young master Ye, I should go to sleep too, I can’t take it anymore."
"Alright, go." Ye Guixue waved his hand.
After Fen Ling left, Yin Yue spoke softly to Ye Guixue, "The investigation is still going on at the front, there are too many monks in the temple, the investigation hasn’t finished, and I’m afraid it will be restless all night."
Ye Guixue nodded, "We don’t have to get involved."
Yin Yue nodded in response.
Ye Guixue also returned to his room, and as each of them retired to rest, the candlelights gradually went out.
Early the next morning, there was no activity in Su Rong’s room. After Ye Guixue woke up and did not see Su Rong, Fen Ling came out yawning, telling Ye Guixue, "Second Young Master, I’m afraid my sister might sleep for a whole day, let’s not disturb her."
Ye Guixue nodded, "Are you sure that she just needs to rest?"
"Should be okay, in worst case scenario, when she wakes up, she can prescribe herself some medicine, and drinks it for a few days." Fen Ling was not worried at all about Su Rong passing out as he was in the Book Pavilion yesterday.
Ye Guixue nodded, "Alright then!"
Fen Ling went to the kitchen, if it was a normal day, he wouldn’t have gotten up for breakfast, but he was looking forward to the breakfast in the Buddha Temple’s dining hall.
The people in the dining hall were the first to finish the investigation. At this point, everyone was there, preparing for breakfast with a lot of enthusiasm.
After Fen Ling ordered a bunch of food, he thought for a moment, then went to invite Zhou Gu and He Zheng.
Zhou Gu and He Zheng didn’t sleep at all the previous night, even when taking turns to nap. He Zheng was trying to keep his position, while Zhou Gu was afraid of any delays in the investigation that could lead to more deaths. So, he was very committed.
When Fen Ling came to invite them, Zhou Gu and He Zheng had finished questioning everyone. Among the questioned, there were two people, one was the chief disciple under the temple abbot, named Wang Su, and the other was the superintendent of the Discipline Hall, Guang Zhen. Both of them were suspects.
Zhou Gu ordered Ziye to immediately tie up the two suspects with the guards from the Duke Residence, confiscated all their harmful belongings, gagged them with a piece of cloth, and sent them directly to Capital City.
The temple abbot’s face turned pale, "Lord Thursday, Captain He, have you made a mistake? These two are my disciples, how could they commit homicide? They are the ones who normally follow the temple’s precepts. Especially Wang Su, he, he is my successor."
Zhou Gu looked at the temple abbot, very calm, "I will not wrong a good person, after taking them to the Capital City, we will interrogate them thoroughly. If they can clear themselves of suspicion, we will bring them back."
The temple abbot could only nod.
At this time, Fen Ling came over and saluted, "Lord Thursday, Captain He, would you like to join us for breakfast?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "There is some progress in the case, we need to hurry back to Capital, no breakfast needed." After that, he asked casually, "When are you going back to Capital?"
Fen Ling replied, "Probably in two or three days! Not sure."
Zhou Gu nodded.
He Zheng was quite keen to join Fen Ling for breakfast. The dinner last night was too delicious. But seeing Zhou Gu refusing and rushing back to the Capital City, he couldn’t, after all, the case was more important.
So, the two of them immediately brought the two tied-up people, put them on the horse, and left the Buddha Temple.
With their departure, the Buddha Temple, which had been bustling all night, suddenly quietened down. The Temple Abbot had a pale face, he waved at the other temple masters and superintendents, "Everyone should rest up! After resting, we’ll send someone to Capital to inquire about Wang Su and Guang Zhen’s situation."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Fen Ling returned to the guest compound, and briefly informed Ye Guixue about Zhou Gu and He Zheng tying up two people and taking them down the mountain. Ye Guixue nodded, thinking that even the temple, the Buddha’s land, was involved, showing how deep the waters of Capital City were.
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