"No, your guess is also very likely." Pang Xiao rubbed his eyebrows regretfully at this time, and said tiredly, "It was my negligence, I just thought that there were no outsiders on the mountain, and I never doubted the existence of Wanfo Temple. Monk, I can't imagine that even in such an environment, something happened to the queen."
"I can't blame you for this. I also didn't expect that something would happen on such a dangerous mountain." Qin Yining looked around and carefully searched for clues in the hall.
Not long after, footsteps came from outside the hall.
Pang Xiao looked sharply at the door, and saw the little novice leading an old monk with a long beard and kind-hearted eyes to walk in.
Years of fighting on the battlefield made Pang Xiao look awe-inspiring when he became serious, and under his gaze, ordinary people would feel a sense of urgency and fear in their hearts.
Even though the old monk was an outsider, he felt the same way, especially when someone as noble as the queen disappeared.
"Humble monk Xuan Yun, I have seen the prince." Xuan Yun folded his palms and bowed slightly.
Pang Xiao returned the salute and said solemnly: "The specific situation, Abbot Xuanyun should already know about it, right?"
"The monk has already known."
"This matter is a serious matter. The Queen's concubine devoutly worshipped the Buddha, but something happened in your temple. Once it spreads, the Holy Spirit will be furious, and I am afraid that everyone in your temple will lose their lives. According to this king's intention, let's not do it first. Zhang Yang, find someone in private first."
There was cold sweat oozing out of Xuanyun's forehead, but he still calmed down and said the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, my humble monk thank you for your magnanimity."
If Pang Xiao wanted to get rid of the relationship, he could actually arrest all the monks in Wanfo Temple now, put a charge on him, and wait for the Son of Heaven to be released, so that he would not have to bear the consequences at all, and even if he wanted to get rid of his crime completely, he could give him They were charged with other charges.
But Pang Xiao did not do this, and found him alone.
Xuan Yun was grateful in his heart, and his attitude became a little more submissive.
Seeing that Xuan Yun was transparent, Pang Xiao said, "I heard that Abbot Yun's best friend is a high-ranking monk. The empress has benefited a lot from preaching scriptures with that high-level monk these days. I wonder where that high-level monk is now?"
Xuanyun said calmly: "Returning to the lord, the person who taught the scriptures to the empress is actually a teacher, whose name is Tongyuan. She was acquainted with a humble monk more than ten years ago. I haven't seen each other for many years. She wandered here and stayed in the temple. As a guest, she is indeed proficient in Buddhism, and her character is reliable. She is indeed a high-ranking monk. It’s just that she said goodbye to the humble monk and went down the mountain the day before yesterday afternoon.”
No one could have imagined that the eminent monk was actually a teacher, and everyone in the hall was silent for a while.
Pang Xiao and Qin Yining caught the latter sentence.
Qin Yining asked, "Abbot Yun means that Master Tongyuan has already gone down the mountain with the afternoon the day before yesterday?"
"Yes." Abbot Xuanyun nodded.
Qin Yining looked at Pang Xiao and said quietly, "It seems that I really guessed it."
Pang Xiao nodded, "Although there is no evidence, it is still inseparable. I also asked Abbot Xuanyun to secretly investigate whether any of the monks in the temple are missing, or who is abnormal."
"The exact time when the Empress disappeared is uncertain. Mammy Sun said that the Empress stayed in the Guanyin Hall yesterday and did not return to the meditation room. The little novice only found out that she was missing when she went to deliver the vegetarian meal this morning. So the Empress disappeared. The time is most likely the day before yesterday. If there is no abnormality in the monks in your temple, it is enough to show that the master of Tongyuan who left the day before yesterday was the one who kidnapped the queen. That’s why she hastily fled.”
Pang Xiao showed the note found under the futon to Abbot Xuanyun, "Although Yinyuan Peak is a forbidden place for your temple, for the sake of the queen, it must be offended."
Looking at the contents of the note, Abbot Xuanyun's expression became more and more ugly.
He understood what Pang Xiao meant.
If the other monks in the temple have no other abnormality, it means that Master Tongyuan has deceived him too much, using his relationship to wait here, and it is not good for the queen!
A monk can be so vicious!
If it hadn't been for the loyal and honest Prince Zhongshun, who was benevolent and kind, I'm afraid all the monks in the monastery would be buried with the practice of Tongyuan Shitai!
"Your Highness, please. In fact, the forbidden area is not a forbidden area, it is just a place to retreat and worship the Buddha. The mountain opposite is even more steep. There are cliffs and cliffs everywhere at the bottom of the mountain. Only the top of the mountain has trees and vegetation, and there are natural The cave and the water source. When the temple was first built, a suspension bridge was built so that when there is a retreat to practice Buddhism, it is convenient to go to the opposite side to meditate and meditate on the Buddha. But these days, the fog is really thick, and it is difficult to see the situation on the opposite side.”
"So that's the case." Pang Xiao said, "Most of the suspension bridge has been submerged in fog, and this king really didn't realize what was going on. Besides, I heard that the opposite is the forbidden area of your temple, so I didn't feel any curiosity.
Qin Yining frowned tightly, and asked Abbot Xuanyun at the right time, "Excuse me, Abbot, is there really no other way to go up the mountain on the opposite side of Yinyuan Peak, so I can only go through the suspension bridge?"
Qin Yining was worried that there would be an ambush on the opposite side.
Abbot Xuanyun said: "Amitabha, monks don't lie, because there is really no way to go up and down the mountain, because the terrain is too steep. The only way is the suspension bridge."
Qin Yining nodded, "Thank you abbot for telling me. If you can find the queen, the abbot and Wanfo Temple will also be credited."
Abbot Xuanyun shook his head: "I don't ask for merit, but I ask for no fault."
Pang Xiao told Abbot Xuanyun in a low voice that on the one hand, he was going to check on the monks, and on the other hand, he had to secretly arrange for people to search around to see if the queen might be hidden.
At the same time, Pang Xiao also asked Tang Xiu to lead people down the road to search down the mountain to prevent the queen from being taken away. See if they can find any clues.
But within an hour, Abbot Xuanyun and Tang Xiu both brought back the news.
None of the monks were lost, and nothing suspicious was found on the way down the mountain.
So the queen was really brought to the opposite side by that Tongyuan.
"It's really unreasonable, that Master Tongyuan is a monk, how could he do such a thing." Qin Yining's face was full of anger, "She clearly put the safety of the entire Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple into disregard!"
"It's the humble monk who doesn't know people clearly." Abbot Xuanyun closed his eyes and sighed with his hands folded.
Pang Xiao had a sullen face, he was a little worried about the situation on the mountain side.
Although he had immediately arranged Jinghu guards to guard the way up and down the mountain, but he learned a lesson. There are so many monks in Wanfo Temple, and he has no idea whether there are one or two hidden evil intentions. He believed in these monks too much before, so he lost the queen. If he was invited to Yinyuan Peak now, I don't know if there would be any danger here, or if his sister Yi would be hurt.
Seeing that Pang Xiao was silent, Qin Yining could guess the entanglement in his heart, and leaned close to Pang Xiao and whispered: "Zhi Xi, the situation is urgent, you should order someone to take a look. The monks, even we can't live."
"But the other party asked me to go alone. If I send someone, I'm afraid that the queen will be in danger." Pang Xiao said solemnly, "I'm not afraid of danger, I'm worried about you. If I go away, you are here. If something happens..." He was really frightened by Qin Yining's repeated incidents, and when this happened suddenly, the first thing he thought about was who was trying to hurt his daughter-in-law when he was using Tiaohu to leave the mountain.
Qin Yining, understood and knew that Pang Xiao was focusing on her in everything, warmed her heart.
"You worry about me staying here, why don't I worry about you? The suspension bridge looks very dangerous, and there is rushing water below, and it is so close to the waterfall, if it falls, it will be too late to save. I'm going to be washed down the waterfall. I don't worry about you going to the Yinyuan Peak alone."
The two looked at each other, silent for a while.
Pang Xiao shook his head, "I'm still going."
If something happened to the mother of a country, if he had to choose between saving the queen and protecting his daughter-in-law, he would definitely be impeached. There is also the possibility of being detained in a shit pot, falsely accusing him of being the culprit behind the abduction of the queen.
Why doesn't Qin Yining understand this
"Okay, I'll go with you."
"No." Pang Xiao vetoed, "If there is anything, it would be inconvenient to take you with me. Just wait for me here."
"If only Mr. Mu was here. And if he follows you, there will be an extra layer of security. The mist across the suspension bridge is now filled with fog, and we can't see anything clearly. We haven't even seen the outline of the opposite side of the fate of the peak in the past few days. I'm really worried that someone has done something up there."
Pang Xiao also sighed.
"It's all too coincidental." He leaned closer to Qin Yining and whispered in his ear: "I suspect that this matter was premeditated. The queen will be here, we will come here, and the wood will leave halfway. Including the fog at Yinyuan Peak, it was all counted."
"Do you feel this too?" Qin Yining said, "We thought of going together. Who else in the world has this ability?"
Apart from Tianjizi, Qin Yining couldn't think of the second one.
But why did Tianjizi do this
What she did, she clearly meant to support Pang Xiao. She planned to kill anyone and could kill anyone, including Pang Xiao's wife and family, but she never meant to kill Pang Xiao.
Why did a person who wanted to bring Pang Xiao, the Ziwei Emperor Star back to his rightful position, deliberately tied the queen to the Peak of Fate, and forced Pang Xiao to go save people alone
Qin Yining was puzzled.
But guessing that the other party is Tian Jizi, Qin Yining can at least be sure that Pang Xiao's safety will not be threatened for the time being. As for other traps, she can only take a step by step. Thinking about it now, it is the choice of Pang Xiao to go or not to go, that is, to discuss with Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi, and the conclusion is that Pang Xiao still has to go.
Pang Xiao wiped his face, and said helplessly and irritably: "No rush, since we don't know the exact time when people will go to Yinyuan Peak, then there is no rush. Let's discuss it with Mr. Xie and Mr. Xu, and I will also Arrange things, and it's not too late for me to go."
When Qin Yining heard this, he also felt that what he said was reasonable. If the queen is going to have an accident, she will not be taken to the Yinyuan Peak opposite the suspension bridge. Wouldn't it be a cleaner death to just retreat down the mountain and let her be washed down the waterfall
So if it was really a calculation, her purpose was to let Pang Xiao go to the Fate Peak!