Wujin is setting in the west, and the warm golden sunlight hits the Ba Bridge, making the people on the bridge even more lonely.
"Mr. Sir, would you like to buy a willow branch?" A child pulled the lonely man's sleeve and said cautiously. He felt that the husband looked so pitiful!
Cui Yuanzao no longer looked at the sunset in the distance, lowered his head and touched the child's horns, "Give them all to me."
The child jumped away with joy.
Cui Yuanzao broke off the willow branches one by one, threw them into the Ba River, and murmured: "It's better to leave."
"Cui Pingshi! Cui Pingshi!"
Sun Mao ran over from behind on horseback, shouting as he ran: "Li Shaoqing asked you to go back to Dali Temple, something happened."
"What's the fuss about? Is there no one in Dali Temple?" Ling Cong stopped Sun Mao and said bluntly.
Yesterday, after Madam Yang disappeared, although Lang Jun didn't say anything, Ling Cong felt that Lang Jun seemed to have lost his vitality and returned to his former appearance.
Today I even came to Baqiao and bought folded willows. Could it be a farewell ceremony?
Does Lang Jun think Madam Yang left without saying goodbye?
It's a pity that Sun Mao, a rough man, completely destroyed Lang Jun's delicate feelings.
Sun Mao walked around Lingcong and said, "Cui Pingshi, something big happened. Lady Guo Jiao is missing."
"Oh." Cui Yuanzao looked at the willow branches floating away and said calmly.
"Ms. Guo disappeared because she was following Mrs. Yang."
"What do you mean?" Cui Yuanzao immediately turned his head.
"Ah?" Sun Mao looked at Cui Pingshi's stern eyes and was confused for a moment. He could only say: "Today afternoon, Guo Shangshu led a group of people and an old servant to Dali Temple and asked to see you. .Li Shaoqing saw that you were not here and received Guo Shangshu."
"Tell me the important point." Cui Yuanzao said impatiently.
"The old servant was Madam Guo's coachman. Because he was born with a heart on the right side, he escaped. According to him, Madam Guo was kidnapped by gangsters when she was following Madam Yang. Shangshu Guo believed that Madam Yang was out of fear. He came to Dali Temple to seek explanation for his personal grudge and deliberately made things difficult for Madam Guo."
"Fart, is he an old fool?" Cui Yuanzao grabbed Sun Mao's horse, jumped on it, and ran towards Chang'an City.
Cui Yuanzao originally thought that after Lan Yin found out about the cause of Lu Qian's death, she knew that she had been cleared of suspicion, and she also guessed that he had not poisoned him at all, so he left without saying goodbye. Who knew that maybe she was in trouble? Cui Yuanzao blamed himself very much and pushed the horse forward with all his strength.
"Mr. Lang, be careful of dizziness." Ling Cong shouted, but all he heard was the billowing smoke and dust thrown up by the horse's hooves.
"What's wrong with Cui Pingshi?" Sun Mao looked at Cui Yuanzao's back in shock. Did Cui Pingshi use foul language just now?
Lingcong threw a handful of wicker sticks into Sun Mao's arms impatiently, "What's wrong? I know your whereabouts."
Lingcong quickly went to Baqiaoyi to rent a horse and chased it all the way. He didn't dare to let Lang Jun go through such trouble.
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When Cui Yuanzao rushed all the way to Dali Temple, Guo Shangshu had been persuaded to go back and left his old servant in Dali Temple for investigation.
When Cui Yuanzao heard about this, he turned around and walked out of the room on duty.
"Yuan Zao, wait." Li Shaoqing looked at the reckless young man under his command, but did not dare to say a harsh word.
"Li Shaoqing." Cui Yuanzao stopped and bowed.
"Yuan Zao, I have asked the saint to take credit for the Zhao Jinggong Temple case. I believe there will be news from the palace soon." Li Shaoqing bowed in the direction of the Daming Palace.
"The Zhao Jinggong Temple case has not been closed yet," Cui Yuanzao said. "Wang Shang may be the murderer of the Lu Qian case, but there is no conclusion yet as to whose hands Wang Shang died."
Li Shaoqing looked at this subordinate helplessly. If only he were not the Cui family of Qinghe, he wouldn't have to waste any words.
Li Shaoqing patted Cui Yuanzao on the shoulder, "Although I was not at the scene, I probably know some inside information. Now the case is at a deadlock, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. The only relevant physical evidence is likely to come from the Daming Palace."
At this point, Li Shaoqing paused and saw Cui Yuanzao standing there, not answering, and said helplessly: "In short, the Zhao Jinggong Temple case is the Zhao Jinggong Temple case, the Wang Shang case is the Wang Shang case, and the Wang Shang case has no perpetrator. , why bother offending people who shouldn’t be offended?”
Cui Yuanzao smiled, he knew it would be like this.
Dali Temple is said to be a place where severe punishments are imposed, but only in a limited area.
Seeing that Cui Yuanzao still didn't answer, Li Shaoqing said again: "Ms. Cui means the same thing."
There are still many places in the world where the sun cannot shine, and there are too many shackles on his body, and he cannot solve all the unjust cases.
He would rather practice Taoism. In another world, would everything be different?
"I know, Li Shaoqing." Cui Yuanzao bowed again, turned around and ran out quickly.
"Lang Jun, are you okay?"
Lingcong finally hurried over slowly and hurriedly. Seeing Cui Yuanzao's pale face, he couldn't help but worry: "Ms. Yang saw this, how worried she should be!"
Cui Yuanzao looked at the gradually dimming light on the horizon and said anxiously: "Take that old servant with you, let's go find Madam Yang."
Lingcong said "hmm" and saw Sun Mao following behind him, and said, "Go and carry that old servant."
Sun Mao looked at Li Shaoqing's face in the shadows in the check-in room, gritted his teeth and followed Lingcong.
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After leaving Chunming Gate and arriving at the outskirts of Chang'an City, the old servant leaned on the carriage window and shouted: "This is it. They suddenly stopped here and stabbed me with a knife."
Cui Yuanzao jumped off his horse. These people did not take the official road. This place was more than fifty miles away from Chang'an City. There was no inn and no homes. It was really desolate. However, because there were few people and few horse tracks, it was easy to distinguish. .
Cui Yuanzao knelt down to check the marks on the ground. While checking, he asked, "Approximately how many people are there?"
"There are always more than ten people, all of them tough." The old servant said in fear, "Cui Pingshi, please let me go back. I can't do it with just the three of you."
No one paid attention to the old servant, they all just looked at Cui Yuanzao and listened to his instructions.
"Based on the number of people and weight analysis of the rut marks, these people should have gone in the direction of Xiangji Temple."
"It's a big temple there, and it's full of incense. What are the thieves doing there? The risk is too great." Sun Mao said.
Cui Yuanzao shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, but is there a larger residence on the way to Xiangji Temple?"
Sun Mao remembered that he had passed this place when he was on errands, and said excitedly: "There is indeed an abandoned inn. Around the time of Emperor Wenzong, no one took care of it anymore because the court could not allocate funds."
"That's it." Cui Yuanzao shouted, "Lingcong, send this old servant back to the Guo Mansion and tell Guo Shangshu no matter what, leave the city before the evening drum is beaten. If it is not possible, get the order from the Jingzhao Mansion and bring the troops with you. Support us, otherwise I can't guarantee that Guo Jiao will be unharmed."
After Cui Yuanzao gave these instructions, he didn't dare to delay any more, got on his horse, and headed towards the abandoned inn.
