Chapter 109: Dog Stuff
"Sir, someone in the West Market said there was a man in a cloak carrying a girl on his back on Liangsheng Bridge last night. I wonder if it was Madam."
Ayao hurriedly ran in from outside the door.
After searching and visiting all night, I finally got some useful information.
"Did you see the face clearly?" Shen Yuheng curled his fingers tightly, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
"I didn't see the whole thing, I just vaguely saw a scar on the right side of his face. It was quite scary."
Shen Yuheng's eyes turned cold, and he almost gritted his teeth and said, "Burn scars."
Ah Yao was startled, and he glanced around the surroundings and called out, "Are you saying... Second Master Pei is still alive?"
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Lu Qiaoxiao didn't expect that this madman actually brought a bright red wedding gown and a lot of pearl and jade hairpins and rings.
Pei Jinxuan placed each item in front of her like he was presenting a treasure. "Xiaoxiao, this, this color will definitely suit you. You have fair skin, so the emerald green will definitely look good on you."
"Your husband is here to change your wedding clothes. Do you want to see if they fit you well?"
Lu Qiaoxiao swallowed the nausea rising in her throat, her brows and eyes softened: "The wedding dress seems to fit me. Why don't you comb your hair first and put on your jewelry and hairpins?"
Pei Jinxuan smiled, as if pleased with her cooperation, and said with a smile: "As you wish, then I will pin your hair for you."
Lu Qiaoxiao thought that this man was crazy, but he was quite cunning, and had no intention of untying her hands.
Pei Jinxuan combed her hair, his eyes infatuated, and he kept muttering, "I know you know Kung Fu. I'll let you go after we become husband and wife, okay?"
Lu Qiaoxiao asked casually, "I see this place is a temple. I remember you didn't believe in Buddhism before." Pei Jinxuan paused and chuckled for a moment, "Just because you don't believe in it doesn't mean you can't ask for anything." "Xiaoxiao, do you understand this?"
More than just understanding, many things in Lu Qiaoxiao's mind suddenly became connected, and he even had a sense of integration.
In the previous life, in the case of killing monks in Buddhist temples, in addition to the bandits who coveted the rich money from the temples' incense offerings and burned, killed and looted, there were also some poor people. If they were not forced into a desperate situation, who would think of killing people in the temple?
There are many ordinary people who believe in Buddhism. If they dare to offend the gods, it means that the last bit of hope and reliance in their hearts has been destroyed.
In this life, Shen Yuheng discovered countless pieces of land under the names of many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, many of which were "donations" from high-ranking officials. It is conceivable how much money was embezzled from them, and how the rules were exploited to flow the money back into the pockets of the powerful.
The imperial court's decree to kill the monk seemed more like adding fuel to the fire, as if it was eager to destroy some evidence.
"I understand. The biggest advantage of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples is that you don't have to perform labor service or pay taxes."
Lu Qiaoxiao looked up at Pei Jinxuan's face, his hands making circles behind his back, with several strands of hemp rope rubbing against each other.
Pei Jinxuan's face showed a bit of surprise, "I can't believe you can think of this, Xiaoxiao?"
Soon, his eyes darkened, and he looked so sinister that it made people uneasy. "So, I can't let you leave my side anymore."
"That greedy Wei Yan, do you really think your methods of making money are so clever?"
"There are poisonous snakes around Wei Wu, but there are no poisonous snakes around Wei Yan?"
Pei Jinxuan said hatefully, grabbing Lu Qiaoxiao's shoulders with a little more force.
Lu Qiaoxiao endured the pain in his shoulder, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
If Pei Jinxuan hadn't already seen that Shen Yuheng was not a member of Wei Yan's party?
"He wants to amass wealth from Buddhist temples and Taoist temples and open up a way to launder money. He shouldn't be afraid of others leaking his methods. Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie."
Hearing this, Lu Qiaoxiao immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She patiently said, "I never thought Wei Yan would be so greedy. When I saw him at the hunting grounds before, I thought he was a simple-minded person."
Pei Jinxuan sneered: "Xiaoxiao, you are still naive. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. The loser is not a fool either. As long as there is a way to make money, who would not make money?"
Lu Qiaoxiao had a voice in his heart, but Shen Yuheng wouldn't. He had been in the government for twenty years, and although he had a reputation for being ruthless and merciless, that was only his way of dealing with treacherous people. If he hadn't been a man who coveted fame and wealth, why would he have personally experienced the hardships of the battlefield in his previous life?
While Lu Qiaoxiao was distracted, she was pulled away by a powerful force. Pei Jinxuan played with her hair and glanced at her, "Why are you so nervous? You and I are going to be husband and wife."
"Didn't you want to hold my hand the most before? Now I'm yours."
"Let you hold my hand, okay?" Lu Qiaoxiao felt the man's fingertips rubbing against the heel of his palm, and a wave of nausea arose in his heart.
It was the trembling that came from her soul when Shen Yuheng touched her, a completely different feeling.
"Pei Jinxuan, it's so dark here. Can you please light a candle?" Lu Qiaoxiao suddenly spoke up. Fearing that he would refuse, she added, "Isn't it a wedding? There should be red candles too."
Pei Jinxuan was stunned for a moment, then he curled his lips and said, "It's not difficult. You wait here for me, I'll go and buy the red silk and candlesticks for the wedding."
Soon, Pei Jinxuan came back with the things he bought, "Xiaoxiao, let me light the red candles, and the room will be bright soon."
Lu Qiaoxiao nodded on the surface, but was surprised in her heart. If this was really a small temple, it should be far away from the streets. The fact that he could come back so quickly only meant that this place was still in the capital, but it was relatively hidden and she had never noticed it before.
But she had been in the patrol department for so long, was there any remote path in the capital that she hadn't explored? Was there any place she didn't know about?
Could it be that this is a secret passage?
Now all he could do was delay time. Lu Qiaoxiao looked at Pei Jinxuan who was arranging the candlesticks and said softly, "Pei Lang, I'm a little hungry."
Pei Jinxuan shuddered when he heard this long-lost name, "Xiaoxiao, you haven't called me like this for a long time."
"I'll go right away, I'll go right away, and buy your favorite almond cookies." He seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be talking to her.
Looking at Pei Jinxuan's departing back, Lu Qiaoxiao looked at him as if he were a pitiful creature, his voice as vague as mist: "Pei Jinxuan, do you know - I can't eat almonds at all."
She was allergic to almonds and had told him this no less than three times during the five years she admired him, but he still remembered that she liked almond pastries.
After a moment of stunned silence, Lu Qiaoxiao crawled towards the candlestick. The effect of the drug had worn off by now. She reached out to grab the red candle, hoping that the flickering flame would burn the rope.
The footsteps outside the door arrived as expected. Lu Qiaoxiao stared at the man who came in, wondering how this bastard could come back so quickly.
"Xiaoxiao, look what good things I brought for us?" Pei Jinxuan's eyes shone strangely under the light of the red candle.
A slender, withered hand holding a golden wine jug waved in front of her.
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