Li Hong wore a glass cover and listened to the reports of the three people, but his thoughts went through the glass in front of him and found another inspiration for making money, that is, the mirror that was as good as gold after it was first introduced!
"Uh...ask me." Li Hong woke up from his thoughts, and Liu Rengui was looking at him with questioning eyes.
"Yes, I wonder what Dai Wang wants? Should he follow the ministers and others to Ci'en Temple, or wait for news here?" Liu Rengui frowned. He was talking about serious things, but Dai Wang was able to wander into the world.
Jingzhe and Cheetah happened to appear at the door at this time. After looking at the people in the room, Li Hong motioned to them and said it was okay.
Cheetah checked the people in front of him and said: "King Huidai, when we were evacuating, we saw Zhongshu Ling Liu Shuang and Jinyang Hou Wangjing going to Ci'en Temple again."
Li Hong nodded, feeling a little dizzy from the banging of the glass cover on his head. He hurriedly took it off to join in the fun and said, "If you don't go now, I'll wait until later. I'll go see it with you."
Liu Rengui and Duan Xuanbao looked at each other and agreed with Li Hong to go to Ci'en Temple together.
The Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of Punishment had already mobilized 300 Qianniu Guards personally approved by Li Zhi outside Prince Pu's Mansion.
Li Hong looked at so many people and frowned. The battle was a bit big. Whatever, since his father didn't care about being reprimanded by his mother if things got serious, he was not afraid anymore. He would be there anyway.
Li Hong didn't know that this time Li Zhi attached so much importance to the fact that he lost his maid, he had another motive or selfishness.
The door of Ci'en Temple has been tightly surrounded by Qianniu Guards. The torches illuminated the door of Ci'en Temple as bright as day. There was a burst of noisy footsteps inside. The door of Ci'en Temple opened. Seven or eight monks looked at the dozens of people at the door warily. People are a little overwhelmed.
"Ignore them, Cheetah will lead the way and go directly to the suspicious courtyard." Before Liu Rengui and Duan Xuanbao spoke, Li Hong had already ordered decisively.
Liu Rengui nodded secretly in his heart and was satisfied with Li Hong's decision. In this way, even if the people inside were alarmed, it would be difficult for the people inside to take precautionary measures. If the monk at the door is informed, it will give Liu Shuang and others time to avoid and hide.
Xia Zhi hugged Li Hong, with Liu Rengui and Duan Xuanbao on his left. Surrounded by dozens of Qianniu Guards, he quickly followed Cheetah and rushed into Ci'en Temple. The few monks at the door were instantly controlled by the soldiers left by Qianniu Guards. They lost the opportunity to call the police.
Dozens of people walked quickly and cautiously to the backyard. Li Hong now hated that his legs were too short and he had to be carried by someone to keep up with everyone.
Liu Rengui discussed with Duan Xuanbao in a low voice, and then said loudly: "Qianniu Guards obey the order, and anyone who stops them will be killed without mercy!"
Li Hong gave Liu Rengui a thumbs up, and then continued to follow everyone to the courtyard that Cheetah had explored but was unable to approach.
A room in the courtyard was still brightly lit at this time. Before they could get closer, someone shouted from the shadows to stop them: "Who is it? How dare you break into Ci'en Temple without permission."
Liu Rengui snorted coldly without thinking: "Kill!"
Looking back at Li Hong looking at him, Liu Rengui stared at the house in front of him and said: "It seems that Ci'en Temple has a lot of mystery. It is a temple that is isolated from the world. Why are there guards guarding the temple? They are all secret sentries. It is enough to show that there is something in it. Something illegal.”
While he was talking, Qian Niuwei had already rushed into the room filled with figures, and the crossbow in his hand was pointed at the few people sitting in the room.
Liu Shuang, Wang Jing, Wei Ying and Ya Rou all looked stunned. They didn't know why the Qianniu Guards of the Tang Dynasty suddenly ran in.
Listening to the footsteps outside, Liu Shuang's face began to turn pale, and he secretly said: "It's bad, I fell into the trap of King Dai."
While thinking about it, I saw King Dai being carried into the room by a palace maid. On both sides, in addition to his personal palace maids and eunuchs, there were also the Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of Punishment.
Liu Shuang's face suddenly turned pale. He didn't expect that King Dai had already planned to sneak into Ci'en Temple.
Li Hong chuckled and looked at the four people with uncertain faces, and said to Liu Shuang: "Return the white dew to me. Master Weiying, I haven't seen you for a day, and you are well."
"The poor monk... I have met the king." Wei Ying looked ugly and struggled to squeeze out a sentence through his teeth.
"Where is the king's maid? You won't kill her, right?" Li Hong asked curiously. He believed that they, who had already relaxed their vigilance, would not kill Bai Lu in a short time to get rid of suspicion.
Wei Ying was silent for a moment, and then said to Yarou: "Let someone bring the king's maid here."
Yarou was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Hong who was held in Xia Zhi's arms, and then looking at the plain dress that Xia Zhi was wearing. It was exactly the same as the person she kidnapped.
"It seems that your appearance at the gate of Ci'en Temple yesterday was not a coincidence, but that we have found clues to the disappearance of your maid." Wei Ying calmed down, showing a calm attitude.
Wang Jing and Liu Shuang were standing there at a loss. They had been thinking about how much Dai Wang knew about their involvement in this matter.
Bai Lu was brought into the room by two middle-aged women. When she saw Dai Wang being held by Xia Zhi in the room, she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed in thanks: "I have seen Dai Wang."
"Get up, haven't you suffered in the past two days? Have they made things difficult for you? If you tell me, we will pay you back tenfold." Li Hong said while looking at Yarou, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old.
"King Huidai, they... they have never abused their slaves."
"That's good. Okay, let's go back to the house. The next thing is Master Liu and Master Duan." After Li Hong finished speaking, he was carried out by Xia Zhi.
Li Hong patted Liu Rengui on the shoulder, and Liu Rengui hurriedly followed after understanding.
"You can send people to Wang Jing's house and Liu Shuang's house to collect evidence. The relationship between them is extraordinary. There must be letters exchanged. Let's interrogate why they kidnapped my maid. Also, the last row of houses in Ci'en Temple , there are also many people from the Tang Dynasty imprisoned, let's rescue them together, and see if we can learn anything from their mouths." Although Li Hong rescued Bai Lu at this moment, he still didn't understand why they wanted to kidnap his maid. Now, in the middle of the night, he was not interested in dealing with these people. He might as well leave it to the professionals Liu Rengui and Duan Xuanbao, and then he would just listen to their reports.
What's more, with my current status, if I get too close to Liu Rengui and Duan Xuanbao, it is likely to cause other people to criticize me. It is best for me not to get involved in these matters and let them handle it.
Liu Rengui nodded in agreement, then watched Li Hong and others leave Ci'en Temple, and sent one hundred thousand cattle guards to escort him back to the palace, and these people would protect his safety until he returned to the palace.
The eunuch Huaji who came out of the palace hurried to the palace after seeing Bai Lu being rescued and following Qian Niuwei to send Li Hong back to his home. Li Zhi was still waiting for his report.
Li Hong didn't sleep well all night. In his sleep, he was dreaming about why Wei Ying, Liu Shuang and others wanted to hijack his maid. Various reasons were flying around in the sky. In short, in his dream, he actually dreamed that Wei Ying was coveting Bai Lu's beauty, and he also dreamed that Wei Ying returned to secular life and begged himself to grant a marriage to him and Bai Lu.
The next day, I slept until three o'clock in the morning before lazily getting up from the bed. I didn't wait for Liu Rengui and others, but I waited for Princess Lanling to come.
Lan Ling's strange eyes made Li Hong feel a little uncomfortable, and complained: "Auntie, if you have anything to say, please just tell me. It's really scary to stare at me like this."
"Hey, at such a young age, you are still afraid of people seeing you. Let me ask you, why didn't you accept gifts from the Xiao family when they came yesterday?" Lan Ling asked.
"I know that the Lanling Xiao family is rich, but don't you think it's strange that they use Concubine Xiao Shu's things to bribe me? Are they a little too stingy, using Concubine Xiao Shu's money to do things for themselves! Is this reasonable? Really? I'm a fool, no, I won't be fooled." Li Hong rolled his eyes at Lan Ling, and then picked through the food box Lan Ling brought with his little hands, looking for the food he liked.
Lan Ling was a little strange and said in confusion: "Why do they want to take their own money? The gift I gave you yesterday was in the hope that you could intercede for Concubine Xiao Shu in front of your mother, and the gold, silver and jewelry were all left to you by Concubine Xiao Shu The way out is that the Lanling Xiao family will not need to pay for their lives. "
Li Hong rolled his eyes at her angrily, but was caught by Lan Ling. Lan Ling's jade hand immediately reached out to his thigh and twisted it hard, causing Li Hongzi to scream in pain.
Li Hong rubbed the pinched area on his thigh in annoyance and said: "No wonder you have become more and more moneyless in recent years. You are guarding such a rich man, but you don't know how to fight for your own share, and you are still being used as a gun. make."
"Being a gun user? Little one, please explain clearly to me, what does it mean to be a gun user?" Lan Ling didn't understand, but he knew it was definitely not a good word.
"Oh, it's just that you have been taken advantage of by others all these years without even realizing it."
"Hey... How dare you look down on your aunt." Lan Ling pretended to pinch his other leg again.
"Hey, don't pinch me. Listen to what I have to say. It's not too late to pinch me again." Li Hong hurriedly hid far away and looked at Lan Ling warily.
"Say, if I don't make it clear, I'm not done with you today." Lan Ling stopped treating him like a child and began to listen to Li Hong's explanation with an open mind.
"Don't even think about it. If I accept those things, will it mean that the Lanling Xiao family will get closer to me in the future? To put it bluntly, if something happens to me in the future, wouldn't it be even worse? Does it suit their wishes?”
(End of chapter)