Chapter 85: Thunderous Fury
When Xiao Nanyue stepped out of the ancestral hall, the corner of his robe brought up a cold night breeze, and the candlelight shattered into thousands of gold foils in his eyes.
He walked straight to the front hall, his brows tightly furrowed, even the jade crown in his hair was frosted.
Han Xiao also learned about Xi Yan's disappearance. He was anxious and had already been waiting at the door of the front hall.
As soon as he saw Xiao Nanyan coming back, he knelt on one knee before he even reached the corridor:
"Your Highness, Xiyan..."
"Prepare the horses, take two hundred Xuanjia Guards, and go to Fanyin Temple!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the moon cave gate, and only his clothes fluttering like elegant feathers were left in the night.
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With the sound of horse hooves, a group of people rushed towards Fanyin Temple overnight like a torrent.
An hour later, the gate of Fanyin Temple burst open with the sound of horse hooves, and two hundred iron guards poured into the courtyard like a tide.
Han Xiao ordered the guards to gather more than a hundred novice monks in the temple into the main hall and interrogate them one by one.
The young monks in the temple were frightened by this sudden scene and turned pale and trembled all over. Their usual concentration and meditation power disappeared completely at this moment.
At this time, Mo Ren also rushed over from outside the Zen temple with dozens of guards. Before this, he had interrogated many times, but everyone in the temple said that they didn't know where Xi Yan was.
When questioned, several monks in the temple also insisted that they knew nothing about it.
Xiao Nanyan glanced sharply at one of the deacon monks: "Where is Huijue?"
"In the meditation room in the back hall!"
Xiao Nanyan strode forward and headed straight towards the back hall.
The wooden door of the Zen room was kicked open by Han Xiao, and the scent of sandalwood hit him in the face.
But Master Huijue was seen sitting cross-legged on a meditation bed, his robes neatly arranged, his eyes slightly closed, his face calm, as if he was meditating.
Seeing that he didn't move, Han Xiao shouted angrily:
"Monk, who did the Concubine meet here today? Where did Xiyan go?"
However, there was dead silence in the Zen room, and no one responded for a long time.
Han Xiao became increasingly enraged. With a swish, he drew his sword, which flashed with cold light, and pointed it directly at Huijue.
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you!"
Xiao Nanyan stared at Huijue intently and let out a sigh:
"Sitting in meditation?"
Han Xiao was stunned and stepped forward to push Huijue.
As expected, Huijue fell straight down, with a stream of black blood winding from the corner of his mouth, leaving shocking patterns on his white monk's robe.
Han Xiao hurriedly raised his hand to press his wrist. His pulse was already cold, and he couldn't help but exclaimed:
"He's really dead!"
Xiao Nanyan's fingertips rolled over the remaining tea on the table. Half a petal of Aconitum petals was found in the teacup.
"I'm willing to use the Western Region Heart-Eating Powder!"
Han Xiao heard this, and his sword trembled, then slowly sheathed:
"Your Highness, there is no evidence to prove his mistake. It seems he anticipated our arrival."
Xiao Nanyue snorted coldly, turned around and left the meditation room, and returned to the courtyard again.
At this moment, a hint of blood red appeared in his eyes. He slowly glanced at all the monks present and gave a stern order:
"Put up some boiling water. If no one speaks, I'll boil you!"
Soon, the firewood was piled high, the copper pot was set up, and the boiling water was bubbling.
All the monks in the audience were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they knelt down to beg for mercy.
Xiao Nanyan's gaze fell on the dean.
He walked forward slowly, crushing the fallen petals on the ground with his boots:
"I gave you a chance!"
Han Xiao understood and waved his hand. Two guards came forward, lifted up the abbot and dragged him towards the fire.
The abbot was so frightened that his face turned pale and he begged for mercy at the top of his lungs:
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Xiao Nanyan's thin lips were tightly closed, and the murderous intent in his eyes became stronger.
Seeing that the abbot was about to be thrown into the copper pot, finally, under the threat of life and death, the abbot could no longer bear the pressure and confessed.
"I have spoken, I have spoken!"
Two guards pulled the dean in front of Xiao Nanyan and pressed him to the ground.
Xiao Nanyan glanced at him calmly: "Speak!"
The abbot was so frightened that he trembled all over and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead nervously:
"Reporting to Your Highness, yesterday at noon, the Dowager Consort came to our temple to perform Buddhist rituals. Originally, while in the side hall, the Dowager Consort was reciting sutras and praying, when Master Huijue suddenly summoned her to the meditation room behind the side hall, saying that a donor had been waiting for a long time."
"Did you see clearly what the person meeting the Concubine looked like?"
The dean pondered for a moment and shook his head:
"When the abbot opened the Zen door, I only saw the back of a man wearing a veil. He disappeared in an instant."
Xiao Nanyan narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Are you traveling with anyone?"
"Yes! But... but, the donor accompanying us has issued a death order, absolutely not to reveal their identities. Otherwise, this Fanyin Temple will be razed to the ground."
Xiao Nanyan rebuked coldly:
"If you don't tell me, I will kill you all right now, leaving no one alive!"
The abbot was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly.
"Tell me, who accompanied that man?"
"I, I don't know who they are. I just heard one of them, a young man in a green robe, call another young man in a red robe, 'A Jin!'"
"them?"
Xiao Nanyan's eyes shone:
"A woman went and returned to look for the Dowager Concubine's hairpin. Do you know where she ended up?"
Before the abbot could speak, the head monk beside him seemed to remember something and knelt down and replied:
"Your Majesty, I did see that beautiful girl in white return to our temple. However, not long after, she appeared to be seriously injured, vomiting blood and unconscious. She was carried back by that young man in blue, who then put her in a sedan chair and left."
Xiao Nanyan's body trembled slightly.
The Supervisory Court added:
"Yes, yes, that red-robed young master also left a thousand gold coins as incense money, but he also deliberately instructed the abbot to keep everything a secret. If any of it was leaked, Fanyin Temple would be razed to the ground, leaving no one alive..."
Before the dean could finish his words, Xiao Nanyue suddenly turned around and strode out of the hall.
Then, jump on the horse!
Han Xiao hurriedly followed and asked anxiously:
"My Lord, where are we going?"
Xiao Nanyan gripped the reins tightly and squeezed out three words from between his teeth:
"Prince's Mansion!"
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