Su Rong and Ye Guixue took the people back to the foot of Yingzui Cliff. The entire Yingzui Cliff was quiet. The secret guard she left behind earlier reported that no one came to Yingzui Cliff after they left, and there was no movement at all.
Su Rong nodded, and together with Ye Guixue, they led people close to the entrance of the institution where the monks were carrying boxes earlier.
Su Rong felt that he was good at cracking mechanisms, and Ye Guixue also dabbled in it. Even if Fengling was not around, Su Rong and Ye Guixue joined forces, and the two easily opened the mechanism.
After the mechanism was turned on, a cave was opened on a rock. The cave was very bright, not dark. The mountain wall was inlaid with luminous pearls, one every ten steps. The ground is very flat and can accommodate two or three people walking side by side.
Su Rong and Ye Guixue walked forward side by side. After walking for about a cup of tea, they came to a very spacious place, the size of two square rooms from top to bottom, with more than a dozen boxes piled on the ground. There is no road ahead, only stone walls. It seems to be the end.
Su Rong and Ye Guixue looked at each other. Ye Guixue turned around and told Yin Yue, who had been following him half a step, "Open all these boxes."
Yin Yue stepped forward. There was no lock on the box, so he opened it easily. What kind of gold and silver jewelry is in the box? Instead, they are pieces of rock that have been ground flat. The rocks are the same size and the size of bricks.
Yin Yue said nothing and opened all the dozen boxes in one go. All of them were filled with rocks.
Su Rong didn't speak for a while, and neither did Ye Guixue.
If the dozen boxes left here are all rocks, then what were those monks loading and hauling away in the middle of the night? Is it also a rock?
Su Rong did not doubt the authenticity of Yan Shen's words. The fourth prince Yan Shen had been forced to the point of desperation. He wanted to ask for help from the prince and it was impossible to tell lies. She thought for a moment and said to Yin Yue: "Crush a piece and look inside."
Without saying a word, Yinyue pressed her palms hard, and split a mountain stone in two. There was nothing inside.
"Smash a piece of each box." Su Rong added.
Yinyue then picked a rock from each box and smashed a dozen of them in succession. The rock was just a rock and there was nothing special wrapped inside.
Su Rong turned to Ye Guixue and said: "Perhaps this is a cover-up trick done by these monks. There is another secret passage. Let's check this place carefully. If nothing is found, go out and check everything under the Yingzui Cliff. ."
Ye Guixue nodded, "Okay."
Therefore, Su Rong and Ye Guixue took the secret guards and carefully inspected the place three times. No additional hidden secret passages were found, so they walked out of the cave and investigated the entire Eagle Beak Cliff with the cave as their loyalty.
Fengling and Yun Ze led people to stop fifty carriages, and the monks were shocked.
Fengling didn't waste any time talking to them. She personally lifted the black cloth covering the roof of the car and opened one of the boxes. What came into view were square and neatly stacked rocks like bricks. He was stunned for a moment and looked at these rocks with suspicion.
Yun Ze was also stunned, and Brick looked at the monks.
The monks all turned pale, and one of the monks in charge asked tentatively: "You, are you..."
Fengling didn't answer, waved her hand and said behind her: "Check each box!"
The secret guards moved swiftly and opened the boxes of fifty carriages.
Fengling also suspected that there was something hidden in the rock, so she immediately cut off a piece. The rock was just a rock, with clear texture and nothing inside. He picked up a few more boxes of rocks and cut them off, but they were still just rocks and nothing.
Fengling was a little skeptical about life. What secrets could there be in just these rocks? Is it worth it for these monks to stay up most of the night, tossing and transporting from the foot of Yingzui Cliff to a truck and sneaking it back to the Great Buddha Temple?
He also felt that there was something strange here, and discussed with Yun Ze, "First drive these monks into the Great Buddha Temple and imprison them all."
Yun Ze nodded.
So Fengling and Yun Ze drove these monks and fifty carriages into the Great Buddha Temple.
At this time, in the Great Buddha Temple, King Ruian spent the whole night interrogating, and the abbot had also confessed that the monks in the temple had gone to move the rocks for building the Buddha's platform. Because Buddhism is very particular about building the Buddha's platform, it cannot see the sun, and they have to work during the evening drum time. , he could no longer work before the morning bell rang, so the monks were sent out to work at night.
King Ruian was doubtful, but he still started investigating from the beginning when Zi Wangsu and Guangzhen were involved in the case.
After this investigation, Kuai Tianming was found.
The mountain gate opened, and when Fengling and Yunze drove the monks and fifty carts into the temple, King Ruian had not finished interrogating him. When he saw Fengling and Yunze leading the people and the monks into the temple, King Ruian immediately put down his Regarding the case at hand, I asked Fengling and Yun Ze, "Master Feng, Master Yun Ze, are you...these monks being stolen by you?"
Fengling wanted to nod, but shook her head, "Fifty carts of rocks, I don't know what these monks are doing, sneaking around in the middle of the night."
When King Ruian heard this, he thought to himself: Did the abbot really lie to him? He looked at the abbot aside.
The abbot quickly explained the reason to Fengling and Yun Ze.
Fengling narrowed her eyes, "So that's it!" He didn't say there was a misunderstanding, but handed over to Prince Ruian, "My lord, please continue investigating the case! My sister and Young Master Ye are also investigating the case in the back mountain. Even if you finish checking here, don’t leave in a hurry, wait until my sister and Young Master Ye are done, and then we can all sit down together to discuss it.”
He didn't wait for King Ruian to agree, and then added: "Lest we have to come to this great Buddhist temple again and again, and the threshold will be almost broken."
King Ruian nodded, "Yes, Mr. Feng is absolutely right."
Fengling had no intention of cooperating with Su Rong. He also felt that there must be something wrong with this big Buddhist temple. Although the reasons were impeccable and no one could find fault, it still felt weird. Especially since the Buddha was sitting on the altar late and had not started building it earlier, but it happened to be built at this time. Several monks were involved in the case of the Great Buddha Temple. As the abbot, he was still in the mood to build? Even if it was just to chant sutras and pray for safety, he should wait until the case was concluded and not make such a big noise in the middle of the night.
Therefore, Fengling was sure there was something wrong.
Yun Ze also felt that it was unusual.
King Ruian continued to interrogate the case, while Fengling and Yun Ze led people to search the Great Buddha Temple.
Whether it was Zhou Gu, Ye Guixue and Su Rong, or King Ruian came twice, they all interrogated the monks in the temple. At most, they searched for Wangsu and Guangzhen's residence and Yiying, without going up or down. I searched the Great Buddha Temple thoroughly inside and out.
Seeing the two men searching everywhere with their men, the abbot couldn't sit still, "Two gentlemen, do you have a search warrant from His Majesty? Otherwise, in this important place of Buddhism, the closed temple cannot be searched at will?"
Fengling didn't care about this, "Buddhism is a very important place that hides filth and evil. The monks have bad conduct and are involved in major cases. Why does your Majesty personally issue a search warrant? The prince is presiding over the case. I am here, and I am only qualified to order people to search." Everyone is on trial, let alone the place?”
The abbot looked at King Ruian with a white face, "Your Majesty, this..."
King Ruian waved his hand, "Master Feng is right." He looked at the abbot. From last night to today, he also discovered that the abbot had been flustered and didn't know what he was afraid of. But he could also be sure that the abbot and this big man There must be something wrong with the Buddhist temple.
The abbot opened his mouth, closed it again, and stopped blocking him.
Fengling and Yun Ze led their men to search the Great Buddha Temple inch by inch.
Today is cloudy, and at Chen time, the sun is not visible. The sky is gray and the air is dry and cold.
Su Rong has been in good health since she was a child, and she was at the bottom of Yingzui Cliff, with rocks blocking the wind, so she didn't feel cold until snowflakes started to fall from the sky and fell on her forehead. It was ice-cold and she wiped it with her hands. Her fingertips were wet. She looked up at the sky and saw scattered snowflakes falling. She said to Ye Guixue: "The first snow this winter is coming at the wrong time. We have to hurry up."
If we let the heavy snow fall all over the mountain, it will be even harder to search for the secrets at the bottom of the cliff.
Ye Guixue nodded, "There is still half a day, and the snow looks like it is going to fall heavily. We really need to move quickly. Otherwise, once it is covered with snow, it will cost a lot of manpower."
(End of chapter)
