The officials and runners of the Dali Temple heard the cries for help and the screams that no longer sounded like human voices, and they all rushed to the side hall. The first few officials who arrived saw the scene in front of the side hall, and one of them fainted on the spot. The others, except for one who was still able to hold on, all vomited.
Blood flowed from the corridor into the courtyard, staining the dark grey bricks and stones red. The bodies lying on the ground were all mutilated. A piece of intestine was dragged from the corridor to the steps outside the corridor, leaving a white mess. The people in the Dali Temple had seen many corpses, but this time, these corpses shocked everyone.
"Prince consort, where is the prince consort?" Without having time to see clearly who the dead person was on the ground, an experienced and shrewd official shouted in a trembling voice.
Those who were still able to walk began to look for Gu Xinglang all over the yard. If the current prince consort died in their Dali Temple, not to mention the Gu family, the emperor would be the first one not to let them go.
Gu Xinglang was staying in the Sky Prison at that time. The Sky Prison was far away from the ground, so Young Master Gu could not hear any of the Dali Temple Shaoqing's cries for help and screams.
When Xiaozhuang saw Gu Xinglang coming, he was excited at first, but then he became dejected and said, "Prince Consort, have I caused a lot of trouble for you and the princess?"
"It's not a big deal," Gu Xinglang said, and he looked at the prison boss who followed him and opened the door.
The jailer quickly stepped forward and opened the door of Xiaozhuang's cell.
"Thank you for your trouble," Gu Xinglang thanked the jailer.
The jailer shook his head and said, "I don't deserve it, my lord. I'll go outside and wait for you."
Gu Xinglang responded with a "OK".
After the jailer left, Gu Xinglang said to the guards, "You guys go out and wait for me too."
The guards knew that Xiaozhuang's skills were better than theirs, and with him around, nothing would happen to their third young master, so they quickly retreated.
"How are Xiong Xiong and the others?" Seeing that everyone had retreated, Xiaozhuang hurriedly asked Gu Xinglang in a low voice.
"They are fine," Gu Xinglang said, "Are you the only one imprisoned here?"
Xiaozhuang scratched his head, nodded to Gu Xinglang, and said, "Yes, there are two rows of more than 20 cells and I am the only one imprisoned. Prince Consort, I didn't expect that I was so important."
Gu Xinglang sighed. Zhao Qiu Ming just didn't want too many people to see Xiaozhuang.
"Then, where is the princess?" Xiaozhuang was concerned about Yu Xiaoxiao again.
"She's fine," Gu Xinglang didn't have time to tell Xiaozhuang what his princess had done again, so he asked Xiaozhuang, "Are you three the only ones arrested?"
Xiao Zhuang said, "Yes, there were only three of us. Concubine Li and Miss Li even wanted to commit suicide, but were stopped by the imperial guards."
"They didn't interrogate you?"
"No, I wonder too."
"I'm glad you're not hurt," Gu Xinglang gave Xiaozhuang a smile and said, "After you were arrested, Mo Wen also came to our Fengtian."
"Oh, ah?" Xiao Zhuang nodded at first, then thought about it and said, "Who, who's here?"
Gu Xinglang said: "Mo Wen, the abbot of the Eternal Life Temple."
Xiaozhuang fell backwards and leaned against the wall, otherwise he would not be able to stand.
"The princess went to the Huguo Temple," Gu Xinglang said, "Master Wuhuan was poisoned, and the princess wants to find an antidote. Xiaozhuang, after you leave the Dali Temple, go to the Huguo Temple to help Xiaowei set the fire."
Xiao Zhuang held his head and said, "Wu Huan? The Wu Huan of Zhu Ri?"
Gu Xinglang then remembered that Xiaozhuang still knew nothing.
Xiaozhuang said, "The princess wants to fight with Mo Wen? No, Wuhuan was poisoned, why didn't Mo Wen save him? The princess wants to save him? No, that's not right either." Xiaozhuang was now incoherent, "Prince Consort, you said you wanted to set fire to the Huguo Temple? Mo Wen, is Master Mo Wen in the Huguo Temple?"
Gu Xinglang nodded.
Xiaozhuang immediately burst into tears. Is this not enough to allow people to survive?
"You..." Gu Xinglang wanted to speak.
There were chaotic and hurried footsteps in the narrow and damp corridor.
Gu Xinglang and Xiaozhuang hurriedly looked towards the end of the corridor. Xiaozhuang took a step forward and stood in front of Gu Xinglang to protect him.
Two officials from the Dali Temple came running over with a group of yamen runners.
Gu Xinglang stopped Xiaozhuang, who was about to fight without saying anything because of nervousness, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"
The group of people who came over breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Gu Xinglang was safe and sound.
An official said to Gu Xinglang: "It's good that the prince consort is fine."
Gu Xinglang asked suspiciously: "What happened?"
The other official was not as calm as his colleague. He stuttered to Gu Xinglang, "Master Guan, Master Guan, they are all dead. Killed?"
Xiaozhuang is looking after Xinglang. Who is this Lord Guan?
Gu Xinglang's face darkened and he said, "Before I came to the prison, I was talking to Lord Guan. How could he be killed?"
Both officials shook their heads at Gu Xinglang. They really couldn't answer Gu Xinglang about this question.
"In the side room in the west corner?"
"Yes," an official answered Gu Xinglang.
"Who is the murderer?" Gu Xinglang asked again.
The two officials shook their heads. The calmer one said to Gu Xinglang, "Son-in-law, Lord Guan and the five yamen runners are all dead. Their bodies look like they were torn to death by some ferocious beast."
There are many prisoners in places like the Dali Temple. It is not an exaggeration to say that some of the serious criminals are beasts in human skin. However, there cannot be any ferocious beasts in Fengjing City. Where did such a ferocious beast come from and bite six people to death in the Dali Temple?
Xiao Zhuang said, "Sir, you are not kidding us, are you?"
Both officials looked at Xiaozhuang with such a blank gaze that it made Xiaozhuang feel a chill on the back of his neck.
"Take me to see it," Gu Xinglang said.
Xiao Zhuang stared at Gu Xinglang with wide eyes. The princess was about to set fire to the Huguo Temple, and they were still staying to meddle in the affairs of the Dali Temple? No matter how you think about it, the princess's affairs should be more important, right?
Gu Xinglang patted Xiaozhuang's back and said, "Let's go and have a look first." He had just left the side hall for a short time. Who had such great ability to kill six people in such a short time? It was hard to say, Lord Guan. The yamen runners of Dali Temple were all good at martial arts. Gu Xinglang didn't think of anyone but the Eternal Life Temple as the murderer. Who else could have such ability except the people around Mo Wen? His wife was brave, but Yu Xiaoxiao had never killed anyone until now. The murderer was from the Eternal Life Temple, so the question was, why did the people from the Eternal Life Temple come to the Dali Temple to kill people? Gu Xinglang wanted to leave now, but he didn't dare to leave without asking anything.
No matter how anxious Xiao Wei was, since Gu Xinglang had spoken, he could only call a yamen runner to come over and help him lift the recliner on which Gu Xinglang was sitting.
At this time, Yu Xiaoxiao and Xiao Wei were leaning against the back wall of the Huguo Temple, looking at the dimly lit Buddhist halls at night. Xiao Wei said, "Princess, where will Mo Wen live?"
Yu Xiaoxiao pointed at the brightest spot in the temple and said, "It should be there."
“Woo——”
A whimpering sound came from under the wall and reached the ears of Yu Xiaoxiao and Xiao Wei.
Xiao Wei looked down at the wall and said, "Is it a dog?"
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