A woman's wailing sound came from the palace. The veins on Sumil Taiji's forehead were exposed, and the whip in his hand kept hitting his son's wet nurse. The skin on the wet nurse's back had already become fleshy.
Sumil Taiji kept cursing in his mouth: "Damn bitch, I asked you to take care of the young master, how could the young master be lost?" He angrily kicked the woman on the head, and the woman fainted.
His butler Badan said: "Your Majesty, this bastard has passed out. You should calm down." Sumir Taiji dropped the whip in his hand and sat down on the chair. He put his hands in his hair and murmured: "What should I do? Zhongjin Hatun will not let me go." A look of fear appeared on his face as he spoke.
Badan knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, we have sent extra manpower to look for him. The lamas must have used some magic to kidnap the young master!"
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It turned out that Sumil Taiji and his wife Zhula only learned about his son's mysterious disappearance after they returned to the palace. In his opinion, the lamas must have been anxious to return to Tibet and set up a trick to kidnap his son.
Sanniangzi soon received an express report from her subordinates, and five eminent monks from Tibet who were about to welcome the reincarnated soul boy also came to the palace to seek confirmation after hearing the news. The third lady was sitting on the futon, holding rosary beads in her hands, and said, "Sumir Taiji, you said your son was lost. Is there any evidence that it was a Tibetan lama who did it?"
Sumil Taiji put one hand on his chest and said: "Hatun, it seems to me that they are eager to return to Tibet to recover their lives, so they have to try to kidnap my son. No one else will do this except them." "
Among the five eminent monks, a middle-aged lama with a beard said: "There is absolutely no need for us to do this. Zhongjinhatun has promised us that he will arrange for us to welcome the reincarnated soul boy of the Living Buddha in two days. In two days, we are still You can wait, but the prince is very suspicious. You love your son so much that you hid him and lied to the outside world that the child disappeared for no reason. This will prevent us from taking away the soul boy. "
Seeing that what both parties said made sense, the third lady frowned slightly and said, "This matter is indeed weird. Sumir Taiji, let me ask you, when and how did your son disappear? "
Sumirtaj said: "Early this morning, my wife and I came to see Hatun. My son was taken by the wet nurse Qie Rang. According to this little bitch, she was playing a hiding game with the child. She was blindfolded and listened to the child's words. The footsteps were coming into the house. When she took off her blindfold, she went to push the door, but it was closed and she couldn't push it open.
I thought my child was only three years old, and he was too small to close the door latch by himself. I was so anxious that I asked someone to open the door, but when the door opened, there was only a child's clothes on the ground, but the child was nowhere to be seen. . Cherang became anxious and asked people to search everywhere, but they couldn't find the child. "
The third lady listened to the other party's narration, pondered for a moment and then said: "A child disappeared out of thin air in that house. Such a thing can actually happen in the world?" Several eminent monks present also found it unbelievable, but this matter was indeed unbelievable.
Bai Ruoxuan stood beside Sanniangzi. She reached out and touched her chin. After thinking for a moment, she said to Sanniangzi: "Aunt, this matter is indeed weird. Why don't you leave it to me and let me find out the truth."
Seeing her niece volunteering, Sanniangzi nodded and said: "Okay, if you can find out the truth, I will reward you whatever you want me to reward you." Bai Ruoxuan cupped her hands and said: "My niece hasn't thought of asking my aunt to reward me at this moment, or what? Let’s wait until I find out this matter.”
After leaving the palace, she rode a horse and went straight to the palace with Sumil Taiji. After arriving at the palace, Bai Ruoxuan decided to question the servants in the palace first. Butler Badan gathered all the servants in the courtyard to wait.
Bai Ruoxuan looked at the list of slaves and asked, "Where is Qie Zang?" Badan said, "That bitch is in prison now, but she can't move now."
Bai Ruoxuan immediately understood that Sumil Taiji must have carried out the lynching, and the woman's injuries were unknown. At the moment, she first sent someone to take care of Cherang, and then asked the servants one by one about some things about the soul boy, and asked them to record it, and also asked how Cherang was.
Butler Badan had a horse-like face, his face was covered with wrinkles, and his left hand was tucked into his sleeve. He knew that Bai Ruoxuan was a noble person in front of Zhongjin Hatun and he did not dare to neglect her, and tried his best to please her.
Bai Ruoxuan learned from the servants that Cherang had an older brother who used to be a stableboy in the palace. He was beaten up for feeding a horse that the prince liked to death and was expelled from the palace. Bai Ruoxuan thinks this matter is very suspicious. Is it possible that Cherang's brother has a grudge, colluded with Cherang, and then designed to kidnap the prince to extort ransom? .
When she saw Cherang, the woman was pale and lying on the bed as angry as a breath of water. Bai Ruoxuan first asked about the situation of the soul boy, and then asked about the situation when her child disappeared. What she learned from Cherang was almost the same as what Sumirtaiji said.
When mentioning her brother again, Cherang seemed slightly excited, but just said that his brother would never do such a thing. Seeing that she was still very weak, Bai Ruoxuan asked Sumil Taiji to take good care of Qie Rang and not to use lynching again.
Then she came to the house where the soul boy disappeared. This room is not connected to the outside of the surrounding rooms. The interior is furnished with a table in the main hall and chairs on both sides of the table. Then there is a flower bed to the west and a wall to the east. There is only one three-foot vent in the roof.
Bai Ruoxuan sat on the chair, then closed her eyes and meditated. I thought in my mind: "If the thief who kidnapped the soul boy is Cherang's brother, we know from the servants that his brother was tall and tall. Even if the man knew Qing Kung Fu, it would be impossible for him to get through such a narrow hole.
Unless someone used the tunnel and hid in the house in advance, after the child entered the house, he would catch the child and then escape through the secret passage. "
With this thought, she took off the long sword behind her and tapped the hilt on the floor of the room. After some inspection, no tunnel was found. From this, she dispelled the speculation that the thieves abducted the children through tunnels. In addition to the tunnel, the thief must have used another mechanism. What exactly was it?
She inspected the door panels, windows, and everything in the house. She found some tiny hairs and claw marks on the beams in the house, and she immediately woke up.
The gates of Guihua City have been sealed, and it is naturally not easy for the thieves to take the children out of the city. Bai Ruoxuan immediately asked Sumil Taiji to check a man with a monkey. This person is probably the thief who kidnapped the prince.
And she herself also borrowed a team from Sanniangzi to search the whole city, and finally found the thief in the woodshed of an inn. Unfortunately, the monkey thief was dead, and the monkey who followed him was also missing. No trace.
Bai Ruoxuan knelt down and looked at the knife inserted into the artist's back. The handle of the knife was inlaid with a gem, which was very luxurious. She ordered someone to wrap the knife. At this time, she came out of the inn and happened to meet someone from Sumirtaiji.
Sumir Taiji and the steward got off their horses and then asked about the situation. Bai Ruoxuan sighed: "Your Majesty, it seems we are a step too late. The thief has been killed and the prince has not been found."
Sumir Taiji stretched out his fist and smashed it with his other hand, gritted his teeth and said: "It's really hateful." Butler Badan comforted him: "Your Majesty, now the whole city has been sealed off, and the person who kidnapped the prince must not be able to leave the city. . Even if we dig three feet into the ground, we will dig out this thief."
It was already dark at this time, and Sumil Taiji said: "Princess, thank you for running for the children's affairs. But now the thief is hiding in the dark and cannot be caught for a while. Please go back early to avoid Zhong Jin. Hatun is worried.”
Bai Ruoxuan said: "Your Majesty, I have my own sense of discretion in this matter. Please give me a step to speak." Sumir Taiji hesitated a little, Bai Ruoxuan whispered in his ear, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, I hope you can Do as I say.”
After watching Sumil Taiji leave, Bai Ruoxuan and the guards came to the inn where the accident happened. The shopkeeper was an old man with a brown face. Bai Ruoxuan asked the monkey charmer when he stayed at the hotel and if anyone had asked him any questions. The shopkeeper opened the account book and handed it to her.
At this time, a young boy with a flat nose said, "This noble man, a strange thing happened just before the monkey charmer moved into our store." Bai Ruoxuan's eyes lit up and she asked, "What happened?" Seemingly hesitant, Bai Ruoxuan asked someone to give him a piece of silver.
The little boy smiled happily and said: "Thank you, thank you, noble man. Just before this monkey tricking guest came to our restaurant, there was a guest in the guest room where he lived. The guest wore a black hood and only showed a pair of eyes. It’s very mysterious. But this person doesn’t talk much, and the rent money is paid in a timely manner.”
After Bai Ruoxuan looked at the check-in time of the monkey charmer in the account book, she thought to herself: "If this is the case, everything can be explained." Then she smiled at the shopkeeper and said: "I want a pot of wine and some good food." As she spoke, her eyes shone with confidence.
The next day, early in the morning, Bai Ruoxuan changed into a moon-white dress after washing. She looked at her picturesque face in the mirror and thought to herself, "What reward should I ask for from my aunt?"
She opened the door and walked down the stairs. He left a piece of silver on the shopkeeper's counter and rode straight to the palace with a group of guards. After walking into the door, Nasumil Taiji sat in the hall without saying a word. He came back to his senses when he saw Bai Ruoxuan's arrival.
Sumil Taiji looked haggard and bowed. Seeing his poor expression, Bai Ruoxuan frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you have found out what I asked you to do." Sumil Taiji said, "I have found out. But I still can't believe it."
Bai Ruoxuan asked: "Then where is the housekeeper now?" Sumirtaiji said with a pale face: "Dead." Bai Ruoxuan was surprised and said: "How did he die?" Sumiltaiji said: "He hanged himself. "Said, he asked his servants to take Bai Ruoxuan to see it.
When she came to the house where the housekeeper was, she looked up and saw a belt hanging from the beam. The housekeeper's eyes were open, his tongue was hanging out, and his toes were hanging three feet above the ground. A wooden pier also fell to the floor.
Looking at everything in front of her, Bai Ruoxuan's heart sank and she said, "Did I guess wrong and there is someone else who is the real murderer?"
