Hearing this, Ni Chenyi smiled instead of getting angry, "Haha, you are such an immortal, you can hide it so deeply."
Changsheng also laughed. He knew that Ni Chenyi was just teasing him and didn't believe that he would do such a thing.
"Let's go, people are coming to our door. Let's go down and have a look." Ni Chenyi stepped out.
Changsheng returned to the house, took his own baggage, and followed Ni Chenyi downstairs.
The shop owner Li Zongyuan was also a well-known figure in Chang'an. To show his respect, the team of officers and soldiers did not make any noise outside the door or in the lobby. Instead, Li Zongyuan invited him to a quiet room in the backyard, and the woman was also in the room.
The two of them went downstairs, and the waiter who was waiting immediately led them to the backyard.
The door of the room was open, and there were more than a dozen officers and soldiers carrying swords standing inside, as well as a crying woman. Ni Chenyi entered the room first. Li Zongyuan must have told the officers and soldiers her identity, so after Ni Chenyi entered the room, a The young official sitting in the guest seat stood up together with Li Zongyuan, who was sitting in the main seat.
"Miss Ni, this is Mr. Wen Gongyi, the young minister of Dali Temple." Li Zongyuan introduced him first.
"Miss Ni, you are polite." Wen Gongyi raised his hand and saluted Ni Chenyi.
"Mr. Wen is well." Ni Chenyi returned the greeting. Since he was not wearing a Taoist robe, he was using common courtesy.
Ni Chenyi was somewhat surprised by Wen Gongyi's arrival, "Mr. Wen, what happened that made you personally take action?"
"It's like this," Wen Gongyi pointed to the woman sitting at the end of the table, "This woman was molested before, and Taoist Sansheng is quite suspicious. We know that Taoist Sansheng and you have the same friendship, and Mr. Ni usually treats We have taken great care of you, and everyone at Dali Temple is grateful for it. We will never make things difficult for Taoist Sansheng this time. We only need to ask the whole story and go back."
Ni Chenyi said, "Mr. Wen, you are the young minister of Dali Temple. You will not handle anything but major cases. We, the wise, don't tell secrets. What on earth do you want to do?"
"Miss Ni, I am also on an errand, please be considerate." Wen Gongyi was embarrassed.
Seeing that Wen Gongyi refused to tell the truth, Ni Chenyi walked towards the crying woman. This woman was about twenty-three or four years old, with a graceful figure. Although her bun was messy, she could still tell that she was quite pretty.
Ni Chenyi looked the woman up and down, then suddenly struck out after a moment, hitting the woman's chest directly with his right palm.
No one expected that Ni Chenyi would suddenly take action, and the same was true for the woman. But when something happened suddenly, she reacted instinctively and hurriedly raised her hand to block Ni Chenyi's right palm.
Ni Chenyi's move was aimed at verifying her guess. Seeing the woman take action, she did not continue to attack, "My lord, even if he is disguised, he always has to change his official socks."
The woman knew that she had been exposed. She lowered her head speechlessly and looked at her hakama.
Ni Chenyi turned to look at Wen Gongyi, "Master Wen, what exactly do you want to do?"
At this point, Wen Gongyi could only hold on to the end, "Ms. Ni, this woman was bullied, and we were just ordered to handle the case."
Seeing that Wen Gongyi was not telling the truth, Ni Chenyi turned to look at Changsheng, "What kind of disaster have you caused that even alerted Dali Temple?"
"I just entered the city." Changsheng said.
Ni Chenyi frowned and thought, and after a moment he suddenly realized, "I know, it must be your dark horse that caused the trouble." After saying that, he turned to look at Wen Gongyi, "Master Wen, you suspect that he is the murderer of Prince Hong and others. ?”
Wen Gongyi looked embarrassed and said nothing.
Seeing Wen Gongyi's acquiescence, Ni Chenyi became calm, "This matter must have nothing to do with him. I can vouch for him. What's more, his black horse has just been weaned and cannot carry anyone."
Wen Gongyi nodded awkwardly but still didn't answer.
Ni Chenyi thought for a while and then said, "Since you are here, you must have a way to verify it. Why don't you tell me how you want to verify it?"
Wen Gongyi hesitated, but finally said, "When the masked man fled Chang'an with the rebels on his back, he was shot in the left shoulder by an arrow fired by Eunuch Liu."
After hearing Wen Gongyi's words, Ni Chenyi turned around and looked at Changsheng. No need to speak, a questioning look was enough.
Chang Sheng knew why she was looking at him, but he knew it and was not panicked.
Seeing that Chang Sheng's expression remained as usual, Ni Chenyi knew what he was doing, so he leaned close to him and whispered, "Dali Temple has one chief official, the Minister of Dali Temple. Under the chief officer, there are two deputies, the Young Minister of Dali Temple. Mr. Wen personally Taking action shows how important this matter is. In order to prove your innocence, you might as well let them come forward to examine your injuries."
Although Ni Chenyi spoke in a low voice, it was only symbolic. In fact, she knew that everyone could hear what she said. Seeing that she was so reasonable, Wen Gongyi and others were relieved. This was the daughter of the God of Wealth, and they really could not afford to offend her.
"I am a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain. Just because they doubt me, I will take off my clothes and be exposed in public. If it spreads, it will be a small matter for my reputation to be damaged, but it will be a big deal for me to lose the prestige of Longhu Mountain." Changsheng said coldly. said.
Seeing that Changsheng refused to take off his clothes for examination, Wen Gongyi and others immediately became wary.
Ni Chenyi was also a little embarrassed. What Chang Sheng said was not unreasonable. If she could not save Chang Sheng, she would feel lost. After a short silence, Ni Chenyi said to Wen Gongyi, "Master Wen, I have been with Chang Sheng day and night, and I know his character well. Mr. Wen told Shangguan that I would vouch for him, and if something goes wrong, you can go to the Ni Mansion to hold him accountable."
Hearing Ni Chenyi's words, Wen Gongyi looked embarrassed, and at the same time, he became more suspicious.
Not seeing Mr. Wen's appearance, Ni Chenyi added again, "Master Wen, Changsheng and I are not just from the same family."
Ni Chenyi's words have reached this point. Wen Gongyi is not a fool. If he doesn't give face, he will really offend people. But he doesn't dare to make any opinions and can only use delaying measures. "Well, who is Miss Ni?" , if you are willing to be his guarantee, we will leave first, go back to report and ask for instructions, and then we will make a fuss."
"Thank you." Ni Chenyi raised his hand to express his thanks.
Wen Gongyi sighed, raised his hand to Li Zongyuan who was standing aside, and walked towards the door.
Just when Wen Gongyi walked up to Changsheng and squinted suspiciously, Changsheng suddenly said, "Wait a minute."
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, Wen Gongyi frowned and stopped. The officers and soldiers who were about to leave also stopped and turned around.
"Since you no longer threaten me, I won't embarrass you," Changsheng said, looking at Li Zongyuan, "Li Zongsheng, please be a witness. The other day, Uncle Master and others will come, and you have to prove that I am not He was not forced to take off his clothes and humiliate his master, but he voluntarily went shirtless to prove his innocence."
"Yes, yes, Taoist Master is compassionate." Li Zongyuan nodded repeatedly.
Changsheng handed the baggage he carried with him to Ni Chenyi, then unbuttoned the cloth and took off his Taoist robe.
"Just expose your left shoulder." Ni Chenyi tried to stop him.
"Let them take a closer look." Changsheng shook his head.
Under the Taoist robe, there is a middle coat, and under the middle coat, there are underwear. They are taken off one by one, leaving the upper body completely naked.
Seeing that there was no arrow wound on Chang Sheng's left shoulder, Wen Gongyi and others were surprised. The woman who pretended to be humiliated felt unwilling and reached out to touch Chang Sheng's back.
Changsheng didn't take it seriously. Ni Chenyi got angry and pulled the woman away, "Who do you think you are? Can you touch my man?"
The woman's official position was lower than that of Wen Gongyi. Even Wen Gongyi didn't dare to offend Ni Chenyi, and she didn't dare to be presumptuous. Although Ni Chenyi broke out in anger, she didn't dare to retaliate. She just stood in shock, her face flushed.
"Have you seen enough?" Ni Chenyi raised his eyebrows and looked around.
"I have been wronged, Taoist priest. I have offended many people. I have offended many people." Wen Gongyi repeatedly cupped his hands and bowed to apologize.
Ni Chenyi didn't answer and helped Changsheng put on his clothes.
In full view of everyone, Chang Sheng was unwilling to let Ni Chenyi help him get dressed, but he couldn't push her away. Thinking that Ni Chenyi had said he was her man before, his heartbeat would speed up and he would feel embarrassed.
"Thanks to Taoist Master's tolerance and generosity, I have one more unkind request." Wen Gongyi said with an apologetic smile.
"Since it's an unkind invitation, then don't open your mouth." Ni Chenyi said angrily.
Chang Sheng guessed what the other party wanted to ask, but he pretended to be angry, "You want me to take off my pants too?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, Priest Sansheng said something stern," Wen Gongyi took the opportunity to say, "There is indeed no arrow wound on the Priest's body. This matter should have nothing to do with the Priest. Dare I ask Priest, where were you ten days ago?"
"In my house." Ni Chenyi's face was very ugly.
"Miss Ni is joking. Priest Sansheng has just entered the city. How could he be in your house ten days ago?" Wen Gongyi sneered.
"You also know that he just entered the city. The prostitution building was burned down and the officials were killed. What does it have to do with him?" Ni Chenyi was really angry. "Why do I feel that you are not here for him, but for our Ni family."
"Ms. Ni, calm down, we are also following orders," Wen Gongyi waved to the officers and soldiers, signaling them to retreat, then raised his hand to Ni Chenyi and said, "I am busy with official duties, and I have offended many people. I will go to the house to apologize for it another day. "
Changsheng took off his Taoist robe in public and was inspected, which made Ni Chenyi furious, "The dignified young minister of Dali Temple, a fourth-rank official, what do you mean by carrying a thorn to plead guilty? Our Ni family cannot afford it!"
Wen Gongyi knew that Ni Chenyi was mocking him, but the Ni family was rich enough to rival the country. Although Ni Zhuo was a merchant, he was awarded the title of second-rank Duke. He couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to apologize repeatedly and retreat in embarrassment.
"They didn't mean to make things difficult for me. There's no need to resent them." Chang Sheng said to Ni Chenyi.
"How generous of you." Ni Chenyi was not angry either, "If I was forced to take off my clothes, would you be angry?"
"They didn't force me. Besides, I'm a man." Changsheng shook his head.
"That won't work either. I'm so angry." Ni Chenyi gasped for air.
Changsheng was speechless. When he was at Longhu Mountain, he only found Ni Chenyi to be generous, but he didn't realize that this guy had such a bad temper.
Wen Gongyi and others had already exited the door at this time. They never imagined that it would turn out like this. After leaving the house, they felt uneasy and confessed to the two of them again and apologized sincerely.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Changsheng raised his hand and pointed south, "That's all, it's not difficult for you. Ten days ago, I was in Yizhuang, three hundred miles away from here. There were evil spirits in Yizhuang. I stayed in Yizhuang for several days and raised the altar. The method is to kill..."
Before Chang Sheng could finish speaking, Ni Chenyi interrupted him, "Don't tell them."
The key clues had already been revealed, but Ni Chenyi wouldn't let him tell them, so he stopped telling them.
Wen Gongyi and others retreated in disgrace. Once they were out of Changsheng's sight, Wen Gongyi ordered in a low voice, "Immediately send someone to Yizhuang to verify the authenticity."
"My lord, who will you send?" the woman asked.
"Let Guanyin go, her horse is fast..."
