Chapter 298 Lu Sicong killed someone?
She vaguely knew that someone had come to her bed, but she was not alert.
Because she knew that there were always secret guards around her, and the only one who could walk into the room safely was that person.
The formation she had drawn with great effort when she was awake was just to allow herself to wake up in time.
However, in order to deal with the heavenly calamity, she has been continuously consuming energy in the past few days, and the replenishment of spiritual power is far from keeping up, and the burden on her body has reached its limit.
He had clearly been alarmed by the formation at this moment, but his consciousness was in a daze and he couldn't wake up no matter what he said.
There was a warm touch on my lips.
There was a slight movement in the dried-up sea of qi, very slowly but surely, and a little drop of spiritual energy condensed.
There seemed to be blooming cold white jade flowers before my eyes, bringing with them a familiar and comfortable scent, and the feeling of resistance quietly dissipated.
In the haze, she calmed down, too lazy to think about anything else, and fell into a deep sleep.
In the dream, that cold white always accompanies me like a shadow.
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the next day.
Yun Qingqing slowly opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long time.
She clearly remembered the purpose of setting up the formation on the door before she fell asleep, but the formation took effect but failed to completely wake her up.
The touch on my lips remains clearly in my memory.
There were familiar footsteps approaching the door.
Yun Qingqing sat up suddenly, staring at the door, holding her breath, but her heart beat faster and faster.
The footsteps stopped in front of the door, and there were two slow knocks on the door.
Yun Qingqing raised her hand and performed the Qingxin Jue, then she slowly exhaled and got out of bed.
"Enter."
Xiao Changheng pushed the door open carrying a basin of water. Looking at her complexion, his sharp brows softened a little.
He placed the basin in place, motioned for her to wash her face, and told her about the progress at Jinping Temple in a normal tone.
All the monks who had taken refuge in Honghuang Temple have been detained on the spot.
Jinping Temple is now actually a prison, guarded by the garrison of Pingzhou Prefecture.
Xiao Changheng arranged his own people to be responsible for carefully interrogating these people to see if they could find out any important information.
On the other hand, Jinping Temple will be relocated in the name of the court.
The new temple site will be managed by another group of monks. All roads leading into the mountain from the original site will be blocked, leaving only one entrance and exit way in a secret place.
In this way, with the deliberate intervention of the court, the former Jinping Temple and the monks therein would be ignored and forgotten by the people as time passed, and would not cause a major chaos.
In addition, Xiao Changheng also arranged secret agents to search for information about the "Honghuang Palace" in various places.
"...If you need anything in the future, you can always come here to check." Xiao Changheng handed the towel to Yun Qingqing and said, "Do you think there is anything else that needs to be sent?"
Yun Qingqing took the towel and wiped her face, then shook her head and said:
"Not for now. Let's go back to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible."
This person's arrangements for Jinping Temple were comprehensive in every aspect. Without the use of "special means", even if she arranged it personally, it would not be more perfect than this.
She did have some other things to do, but her spiritual power was exhausted now, so there was no rush and she decided to return to the capital first.
"but……"
"One more thing..."
Yun Qingqing and Xiao Changheng spoke at the same time, then stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
After a moment, Xiao Changheng curled his lips:
"You go first."
Yun Qingqing's gaze inadvertently fell on his lips, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
She turned her eyes away and coughed:
"Well, you should speak first."
Xiao Changheng raised his eyebrows and nodded:
"Before returning to the Imperial Capital, I want to go to Ding County. Lu Sicong is a talented person. It's a pity that he is living among the common people."
Yun Qingqing was not surprised by this, on the contrary she agreed with it:
"That's perfect. That's what I wanted to say. I suggest you go to Ding County and then return to the Imperial Capital."
"However, we don't just want to recruit Lu Sicong."
"Oh?" Xiao Changheng was slightly surprised.
Yun Qingqing's eyes revealed deep meaning:
"His daughter's talent is not inferior to his. If we can let her serve in the Ministry of Industry, there might be some surprises in the future."
Hearing her say this, Xiao Changheng had no objection. The two of them set off immediately and rode at full speed to Ding County again.
Lu Village.
When they were still some distance away from Lu Sicong's house, they heard a noise coming from the yard.
"You still want to quibble? There are so many people watching us today. If it wasn't you who did it, why did you have to go on a long journey at this critical moment?"
"I see that you are clearly guilty and want to run away!"
Yun Qingqing remembered the voice that spoke. It was Lu Sicong's non-blood brother, Lu Da.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, folks. Arrest him and send him to the government. The master will investigate and find out the truth!"
As soon as Luda shouted, the yard immediately became noisy.
When Yun Qingqing and others rushed to the gate of the courtyard, they saw a group of people escorting Lu Sicong out.
Nan Zheng immediately led his men to block the front and shouted:
"Everyone stop!"
When these people saw the uniform clothes of the guards, they knew that they were of extraordinary origin. They did not dare to confront them and just stood where they were.
Nan Zheng looked at the imprisoned Lu Sicong and frowned:
"What's going on?"
When Lu Da saw Yun Qingqing and the others, his expression changed and he immediately said loudly:
"It's them! I saw it with my own eyes that day. These people attracted a lot of ghosts in Lu Er's yard! The strange heavy rain before started after that. Maybe they are also responsible for this incident!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Nan Zheng's eyes turned cold. "The people in front of you are the regent and princess of the dynasty. How can you slander them like this? Slap them!"
Everyone was shocked and immediately knelt down to kowtow to the Regent and the Princess.
Lu Da was even more frightened. He was held down by the palace guards and beaten until he screamed in pain. He was slapped twenty times and his face was swollen before they stopped.
Yun Qingqing looked at Lu Sicong who had been released and was kneeling on the ground with everyone else, and frowned slightly and said:
"Where is Jingyao? What happened here?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jingyao ran out of the small room in the corner of the yard, rushed directly to Yun Qingqing, knelt down, tugged at her clothes and begged:
"Princess, please save my father! He didn't do anything. He just wanted to take me away from this place to make a living somewhere else. But they said he killed someone and wanted him to pay with his life!"
"My Lady Princess, I know you are a good person. I am willing to serve you like a slave. Please save my father, please!"
Yun Qingqing reached out and helped her up, pulled her to her side, and patted her hand to reassure her.
"Don't worry, with the prince and I here today, no one can wrongly accuse your father."
"Thank you, Princess!" Jingyao bowed deeply with red eyes and retreated behind her.
At a glance from Xiao Changheng next to him, Nan Zheng immediately helped Lu Sicong up, but did not let the other people who were kneeling stand up.
Nan Zheng said loudly:
"Today, the Regent is here to uphold justice. Why do you want to accuse Lu Sicong of murder? Tell us the truth as soon as possible. If you tell me a lie, I will not forgive you!"
Everyone lowered their heads and exchanged glances with each other, and finally looked at a middle-aged man with a somewhat dignified face, and used their eyes to encourage him to come out and speak.
The middle-aged man did not dare to stand up. He straightened his back and bowed:
"I, Lu Guangzu, would like to report to Your Majesty that an old man named Lu Hai from our village was found dead in his home this morning. We came to question him because we had evidence pointing directly to Lu Sicong."
"But I happened to see him trying to flee with his family, which led to some conflicts. I hope the Regent will understand!"
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