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 this 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.
Although he had been alarmed by the formation at this moment, his consciousness was in a daze and he could not wake up no matter what he said.
There was a warm touch on the lips.
There was a slight movement in the dried-up sea of qi, very slowly, but surely, as a little drop of spiritual energy condensed.
There seemed to be cold white jade flowers blooming before my eyes, bringing with them a familiar and comfortable scent, and the feeling of resistance quietly dissipated.
In the hazy state, she felt at ease and no longer bothered 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 fully wake her up.
The touch of my lips remains vividly in my memory.
There were familiar footsteps approaching outside 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.
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 eyebrows softened a little.
He placed the basin of water in place, gestured for her to wash her face, and spoke in a normal tone about the progress at Jinping Temple.
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 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, and all roads leading into the mountain from the original site will be closed, leaving only one entrance and exit in a secret place.
In this way, with the intentional intervention of the court, the original 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 handkerchief 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 return to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible."
This person's arrangements for Jinping Temple are comprehensive. Without using "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. 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 speak 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 man. It's a pity to see him 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 was trying 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 showed deep meaning:
"His daughter's talent is no less than his. If we can get her to work in the Ministry of Works, 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 I was still some distance away from Lu Sicong's house, I heard a noise coming from the yard.
"Still trying to quibble? With so many people watching us today, if it wasn't you who did it, why would you have to go on such a long journey at this critical moment?"
"I see you're clearly feeling guilty and want to run away!"
Yun Qingqing remembered the voice that spoke. It was Lu Sicong's non-blood-related elder brother, Lu Da.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, folks. Arrest him and send him to the government. The judge will 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:
"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 stood still.
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 to 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 were 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.
"Where is Jingyao? What happened here?"
As soon as the words fell, Jingyao ran out of the small room in the corner of the yard, rushed straight 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 and make a living somewhere else. But they say he killed someone and they want him to pay with his life!"
"Princess, I know you are a good person. I am willing to serve you like a slave. Please save my father, okay?"
Yun Qingqing reached out to help 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 are you accusing Lu Sicong of murder? Why don't you quickly tell the truth? If you lie even a little, 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 majestic 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, saying:
"I, Lu Guangzu, report to Your Highness that an elderly man from our village named Lu Hai was found dead in his home this morning. Evidence directly implicates Lu Sicong, so we've come to question him."
"But I happened to see him trying to flee with his family, which led to some conflict. I hope the Regent will understand!"
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