Chang Feng became more and more convinced that the person behind the scenes was most likely the imperial concubine party.
But just two clues alone cannot convict the imperial concubine party. Not to mention following the clues and rescuing the women.
Everyone came outside the wall and let Huzi continue to sniff for Liu Xiaoyan's scent.
Hu Zi walked forward for two blocks intermittently, then suddenly stopped and spun around. The smell seems to disappear here.
Fatty Xu covered his mouth and nose: "It stinks!"
Chang Feng said: "It's broken. This street should pass by the dung truck transporting night fragrance in the morning. The smell has covered the smell of Xiaoyan, so Huzi can't smell it."
Fatty Xu asked: "What should we do next?"
Chang Feng ordered the brothers: "Go to the street immediately and ask the people. Is there anything unusual on this street last night?"
Two moments later, Fatty Xu led an old man to Chang Feng.
Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, this old man saw something strange last night."
Chang Feng said quickly: "Old man, tell me carefully, what did you see last night?"
The old man poured the beans into the bamboo tube one by one.
This old man is the waiter at Hongfu Tavern down the street. I stayed on the second floor of the pub at night and could see the street when I opened the window.
As people age, they urinate more at night. When he got up at night, he suddenly heard noisy footsteps on the street.
He opened the window a crack and looked at the street through the faint moonlight.
I saw a strong man of sixty or seventy appearing on the street. The strong men were all dressed in black clothes and robes. Each of them seemed to be carrying something on their back. Like a sack or something.
Men in their 60s and 70s gathered on the street. Not long after, two monks came from the north.
The men followed the two monks and left the street.
Chang Feng asked: "Monk? Old man, are you sure you are seeing a monk?"
The old man replied: "They have bare heads and are still wearing monk's robes. I guess they must be monks."
Chang Feng said: "Thank you very much, old man. Please come back."
After sending the old man away, Liu Bingyi said: "Why is the monk involved again?"
Chang Feng blurted out: "Dayongchang Temple! Jixiao! It seems to be related to him. He has kidnapped good girls, he did it more than once or twice."
Ji Xiao was a famous national teacher in the court. Among the people, he is a notorious lewd monk!
A few years ago, Jixiao built the Great Yongchang Temple in the west of the city, forcibly moved thousands of households, and spent tens of thousands of taels of national money.
This "National Preceptor" is notoriously lecherous. After Dayongchang Temple was built, monks were often sent out to rob women on the street.
As time passed, the young girls, young wives, and second-hand old ladies on the streets of the capital ran away when they saw the monk.
The distance between Dayongchang Temple and Zhensi Yamen is only three miles. It is the only temple nearby.
Fatty Xu interjected: "You can't. No matter how lustful Ji Xiao is, he probably won't have the guts to touch the prince's future woman."
Liu Bingyi said: "Yes. Even if Ji Xiaose is brave enough to send people to kidnap one or two, that's all. We can't kidnap them all."
But Liu Jin remembered another thing. He said to Chang Feng: "Chang Baihu, please take a step to speak."
Chang Feng and Liu Jin arrived at a secluded place.
Liu Jin said: "Although I have a low status, I have been in the palace for thirty years, and I have some informants in the palace."
"Jixiao, this person, has never interacted with the imperial concubine party before."
"However, in the early winter of last year, he helped the noble concubine party. He made lies before the emperor, saying that the master of Kunning Palace and the master of the East Palace were in conflict, which caused Concubine Wan Guifei to be ill for a long time."
"The Emperor is now determined to depose the crown prince. If Chang Baihu hadn't caused a disaster in Mount Tai, the prince might have been deposed because of Ji Xiao's evil words!"
Chang Feng thought thoughtfully: "In other words, Ji Xiao has colluded with the imperial concubine party?"
Liu Jin nodded.
Chang Feng said: "The people who entered the Houya and kidnapped the girl were the elites of the Beijing camp. They should be the men of Uncle Wanxi of the Three Kingdoms."
"There are two monks hanging out with the gangsters. They should be Ji Xiao's men."
"Dayongchang Temple is near the Zhensi Yamen. It is very convenient for hiding women."
"We should go to Dayongchang Temple to search now!"
Liu Jin shook his head: "We can't enter Dayongchang Temple! It's an imperial temple sealed by the emperor. The host, Ji Xiao, is the current national master!"
"Besides, even if we forcefully break in, what if we don't find the missing woman? Ji Xiao will sue us in front of the emperor, and we will have to walk away without any money."
Chang Feng said: "Let me think about it."
He paces back and forth. It took a long time, because he was afraid that Ji Xiao's lewd monk would stain Liu Xiaoyan's chastity.
But everyone knows that Dayongchang Temple has five hundred warrior monks who protect the temple. The fifty men under him can't get in if they force their way in.
In desperation, Chang Feng had an idea: "We can't get in, but the prince can always get in, right?"
"The prince went to Dayongchang Temple to pray for Concubine Wan Gui. Ji Xiao can't refuse."
"When the prince of the dynasty enters the imperial temple, it is reasonable and reasonable to bring two to three thousand regiments of soldiers to protect him."
Liu Jin said immediately: "Yes! You can enter the palace immediately and report to the Ming Prince."
Chang Feng rode a fast horse to the entrance of the palace and entered the East Palace.
He told Zhu Youtang everything.
Zhu Youtang said: "Okay. Most of the Han generals are from Wanda. They are unreliable."
"Xiao Jing, you immediately mobilize 3,000 battalion troops and follow me to Dayongchang Temple to pray for Concubine Wan Gui!"
That afternoon.
Chang Feng and others and the three thousand regiment soldiers protected the prince to the gate of Dayongchang Temple.
Ji Xiao came out to greet the prince and bowed to the Buddha: "Amitabha! Your Majesty, why do you want to come to the temple?"
Zhu Youtang held his head up proudly and disdained Jixiao's words.
In his opinion, Ji Xiao, a monster monk, was not worthy of talking to him, the prince.
Chang Feng said from the side: "National Master, Your Highness came to the temple to pray for the imperial concubine."
Ji Xiao cursed in his heart: Pray for blessings? Who believes it? Everyone in the world doesn't know that the prince wishes he could eat Concubine Wan Gui's flesh and sleep on Concubine Wan Gui's skin.
Ji Xiao said: "Since we are offering incense and praying for blessings, why do we need to bring so many soldiers and horses?"
Chang Feng said: "When the prince travels, he will naturally be accompanied by a large number of soldiers and horses!"
Ji Xiao asked: "As far as the poor monk knows, the person accompanying the prince should be a Han general. Why did he bring thousands of regiments of soldiers?"
Zhu Youtang couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "Jixiao, you are the national advisor, not the Minister of War, not the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army!"
"Do you need to take care of what kind of soldiers you should bring with you when traveling alone?"
"What, do you want to stop Gu from entering the temple to pray for your mother and concubine?"
Chang Feng helped from the side: "National Master, if you dare to stop the prince from praying for the imperial concubine, be careful of us brothers and sisters from the regiment and camp to force our way into your temple!"
"Even if the lawsuit goes before the emperor in the future, we will be justified! It is only natural that His Highness should fulfill his filial piety for the noble concubine!"
Ji Xiao complained in his heart: That big thing was only accomplished last night. Why did the prince come to the door looking for something today?
It doesn't matter, my secret room is hidden deep. Even if they go in, they won't be able to find it!
Those sixty-four women were indeed hidden in Dayongchang Temple!
However, Ji Xiao's purpose of hiding them was not for his lust... he had another purpose.
Dayongchang Temple has always been a place of filth and evil. There are several large secret chambers in the temple, which are specially used to imprison women from good families.
Ji Xiao is confident in the concealment of the secret room.
It's a pity that he didn't know that Chang Feng, who followed the prince into the temple, was from the banner of the Jinyiwei family.
The house was searched to find the secret cellar where corrupt officials hid their money.
This time, he was looking for a secret cellar where a woman was hidden.
There is no essential difference between the two!
