When Qinghong and Qingying received the news, they rushed to Guanyin Temple, but the nuns there said that no one had come that day.
They quickly returned to the Marquis's residence, and Qiaohe burst into tears upon hearing this.
"It was clearly said to be the Guanyin Temple, how could it not be there! It's all my fault, I'm so useless! If only I had gone with them!"
Grandma Yin felt a headache coming on. "Alright, stop crying! Your daughter knows your loyalty and won't blame you!"
"But I'll blame myself!"
"Crying won't solve anything now; we still need to find your daughter first!"
Qiaohe sobbed, "But how do we find it now?"
Grandma Yin looked at Aunt Lan, who had remained silent, and asked, "Does Aunt Lan have any suggestions?"
"I just sent Doctor Li back to inform General Gu. For now, we'll leave the matter of finding the Sixth Miss to General Gu. We'll keep a close eye on things in this household!"
Aunt Lan thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what she was trying to do by kicking Jiang Segu out of the Marquis's mansion at this time!
After thinking for a moment, Old Mrs. Yin asked, "Where is Miss Liao now?"
"With the young master at Huayang Pavilion."
Who is guarding Huayang Pavilion?
"Winter is here!"
Qinghong added to Qiaolian's words, "Wen Dong can take on twenty guards from the Marquis's mansion at once. And Miss Liao is also skilled in martial arts; dealing with several guards would be a piece of cake for her!"
"No matter how good your kung fu is, it can't beat someone who's scheming! Now that we've lost Azi, you should all go to Huayang Pavilion!"
Thus, Qiaolian, Qiaohe, Qingying, Qinghong, Xiurong, and Xiuhe all went to Huayangxuan.
But they were a step too late. Jiang Wenlin heard that Old Madam Jiang was dying, so he went to the backyard. On the way, he heard that the Marquis had ordered someone to send Jiang Segu to Guanyin Nunnery, so he turned back to Shangshanzhai.
“Grandfather, how could you listen to the words of those country Taoist priests! They're just spouting nonsense to swindle money!”
"Lin-ge'er, you mustn't speak so recklessly about the Taoist priest's magical powers! If you continue to be disrespectful to the Taoist priest like this, don't blame your grandfather for sending you out of the manor as well!"
Seeing that Marquis Changping was furious, Jiang Wenlin could only say again, "But the funerals for Father and Mother are not yet over, and Azi has already been sent away. How can we explain this to the guests who came to pay their respects!"
“Grandfather has already made up his mind. He will say that Azi is heartbroken from the sudden loss of her parents and has fallen ill in bed. For her health, I have ordered someone to send her to the estate to recuperate!”
Jiang Wenlin was about to say something more, but Marquis Changping waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go back now, Grandfather has a headache and needs to rest!"
That's true; the Marquis of Changping was indeed having a terrible headache.
It was all that freak's fault; his once vigorous body was now actually starting to feel unwell!
Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise he would have lost his life!
While Marquis Changping was celebrating his lucky escape, Gu Songhan, having received the letter, arrived at his door with a knife!
Upon hearing from a servant that Gu Songhan had arrived, Marquis Changping, who had just lain down, had no choice but to get up and greet the guest.
Before he could even put on his outer garment, a gleaming knife was pressed against his neck.
"General Gu, General Gu, why have you gone to such lengths?"
"This junior did not wish to do this, but the Marquis has been too disrespectful to me, so I have no choice but to offend you!"
"I...I..."
"My lord, where have you hidden my fiancée?"
fiancée?
If it weren't for the knife being held to his neck, Marquis Changping would have cursed Gu Songhan for being shameless!
I only mentioned it once that day, and the marriage wasn't even arranged yet, so how did she become my fiancée?
"If Your Excellency cannot remember, this junior will not mind helping you!"
As he spoke, he made a small cut on the neck of the Marquis of Changping with the knife in his hand.
The pain jolted the Marquis of Changping awake. "Where else could I send him! To the Guanyin Temple, of course!"
After saying that, another wave of pain shot through my neck.
"Your Excellency would be better off telling the truth, lest I get angry and lose my head!"
"I'm telling the truth! I did have someone send Azi to the Guanyin Temple!"
"But my men said they couldn't find Azi at the Guanyin Temple!"
"Impossible! I clearly took the person to the Guanyin Temple as the Taoist priest instructed..."
Where is the Taoist priest?
"Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, quickly go and call the Taoist priest over!"
But the Taoist priest was nowhere to be seen!
The young Taoist priests who came with Changchun Temple were also completely bewildered, which made Gu Songhan very anxious.
Just then, Qingying stepped forward and whispered about what happened at Tingyuxuan on the day of Old Madam Jiang's birthday banquet.
Thus, another knife was placed across Madam Jiang's neck.
"I'll only ask you once, Madam: Where did you hide Azi?"
Gu Songhan had lost his patience, his tone and expression carrying a chilling coldness.
Madam Jiang was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. "It wasn't me! It really wasn't me this time! Believe me, it really wasn't me!"
A murderous glint flashed in Gu Songhan's eyes. Madam Jiang looked at him and said repeatedly, "It's Liang Shaojie, it must be him! If you look for him and he's not in the manor, it's definitely his doing that Azi is here!"
Qingying immediately went to the front yard.
She returned quickly, "There's no one in the yard!"
Gu Songhan sheathed his knife and headed straight for the gatehouse.
"Has anyone seen Liang Shaojie leave?"
The gatekeepers looked at each other in bewilderment. There were so many people today that they hadn't really paid any attention!
At this moment, a short gatekeeper rolled his eyes and said, "Young Master Liang left the mansion early this morning with his servant. I asked him a question, and he said he was going out to buy paper and ink."
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