If what Protector Zeng said was true, then the situation at that time was a bit strange.
Didn't Guardian Lian go to guard Silver Lake Island? How did she get involved in Yun Qing's marriage again
Protector Zeng said: "Yes, she was originally going to guard Yinhu Island. The brothers entrusted her to her. After Yunzhu left the holy religion, Senior Brother Yunqing was very depressed. He ignored everything everyone said. Guardian Lian used to be Yunzhu's maid, and she can still talk to Master Yunqing."
Ji Mingxiu and Gongsun Changli exchanged glances, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.
Ji Mingxiu asked, "Is the woman brought back by Master Yun Qing the mother of Master Yun Su?"
Protector Zeng said: "Yes, they got married, and my wife became pregnant not long ago. It's a pity that the beauty is so unlucky. She left within a few days after giving birth to Master Yunsu. After that, Master Yunqing devoted himself to raising Yunsu. Get another wife."
Now, the doubts in Ji Mingxiu and Gongsun Changli's eyes deepened.
"Why did Mrs. Xian pass away?" Ji Mingxiu asked.
Protector Zeng said regretfully: "It was difficult to give birth when the child was born, and it will not work well after giving birth. I struggled for a few days and couldn't make it through."
Gongsun Changli suddenly asked: "Where is the lady from?"
Protector Zeng said: "It's the daughter of a small family in Yunzhong City. After so many years, there is no one left in her family."
Ji Mingxiu asked again: "What is the relationship between Guardian Lian and Mrs. Xian?"
"Protector Lian?" Protector Zeng thought about it carefully, took a weak breath, and said, "Not long after Mrs. Xian entered the holy religion, she went into seclusion. After that, she didn't leave the seclusion until Mrs. Xian passed away. .”
After that, Ji Mingxiu asked about Mrs. Xian, such as how she was and who she was close to. Unfortunately, Protector Zeng was a man and didn't have much contact with Mrs. Xian. He didn't know Mrs. Xian very well. Madam is shy and introverted. She doesn't usually move around in the church. Most of the time she stays silently in her yard, raising flowers and trees to pass the time.
Ji Mingxiu also asked about Mrs. Xian's family.
Protector Zeng was even more ignorant. Mrs. Xian would not tell him whether she would go back to her natal home, and no one would report to him if anyone came to visit Mrs. Xian.
Thinking of something, Protector Zeng said suddenly: "But I heard that her family sells spices on Jade Street. At that time, in order to please her, several brothers and sisters went to patronize her business."
Ji Mingxiu paused: "Do you still remember the shop?"
Protector Zeng shook his head: "I haven't bought it yet."
…
Ji Mingxiu and Gongsun Changli came out of the prison.
"What do you think?" Ji Mingxiu brushed the mud off his cuffs.
Gongsun Changli said: "Two questions: first, what kind of feelings Guardian Lian has for Yun Qing; It’s so perfect it’s suspicious.”
As he said that, he glanced at Ji Mingxiu, "What's more, when you pick up 'retreat', don't you have more experience than anyone else?"
The prime minister's retreat is almost equal to doing bad things, except this time.
Ji Mingxiu hummed speciously, and looked at him amusedly: "You say you're going to investigate the case, so what do you do with me? Why don't you let me go, are you happy?"
Gongsun Changli looked away and looked elsewhere.
Ji Mingxiu chuckled, and got down to business: "To answer your first question, Guardian Lian has an affair with Yun Qing."
"How do you know?" Gongsun Changli asked suspiciously.
Ji Mingxiu sneered and said, "Is there any need to ask about such a thing? If you don't admire Yunqing, how could you plot against Yunzhu? Is she doing it for power or fame?"
Not at all.
For so many years, she has been a protector of Yinhu Island, never interfering in things in the religion, and never fighting for power for herself. She said that she really guarded the ghost emperor. In the past, maybe Ji Mingxiu would have believed it, but now The truth is revealed, the Ghost Emperor has been wronged for so many years, she is really good for the Ghost Emperor, can she not clear up the wrong for the Ghost Emperor
So, she didn't guard Silver Lake Island willingly.
What she is guarding is another thing.
Gongsun Changli said: "If she really has feelings for Yun Qing, then the death of this late wife is very likely to be inseparable from her."
No wonder Gongsun Changli doubts her so much, she is a woman who can even betray her own master, how can she be expected to have compassion for a strange woman
I'm afraid that all those who hinder her from being with Yun Qing will be swept away by her as if they were obstacles.
Gongsun Changli said in a deep voice: "If it can be proved that Mrs. Xian was killed by her, then the Holy Church will not tolerate her."
Ji Mingxiu said calmly, "Go to Emerald Street first?"
Gongsun Changli and Ji Mingxiu boarded the carriage to Jade Street.
Thinking of something, Ji Mingxiu suddenly asked, "What do you mean by Zeng Dharma protector?"
"What are you talking about?" Gongsun Changli said.
"Are you from Yun Su?" Ji Mingxiu asked.
Gongsun Changli's eyes paused, and he asked blankly: "What? Do you suspect that I am a secret agent sent by Yun Su?"
Ji Mingxiu smiled and said, "I thought you were Guardian Lian's confidant."
Gongsun Changli opened the curtain and looked at the busy street with a look of relief for a moment.
Some things, never want this person to know.
Mrs. Xian married Yun Qing decades ago. Over the years, Emerald Street has changed a lot, but fortunately, there is a time-honored pharmacy that has always been open on this street, and it is right next to Mrs. Xian’s. The spice shop is diagonally opposite.
The wife of the leader appeared on Emerald Street, which was a major event that caused a sensation in the city at that time, and the old shopkeeper of the pharmacy soon remembered such a shop.
"That's right, that's right... It's the spice seller, and he was fighting for business with me at the beginning." The old shopkeeper grinned, showing a mouthful of teeth that had almost fallen out, and said with a smile.
"Why isn't that shop open?" Gongsun Changli asked.
"Ah? What did you say?" The old shopkeeper was getting old and his ears were not working well.
Gongsun Changli asked loudly.
The old shopkeeper said at the top of his voice, "Her mother has passed away, and she has no brothers in her family."
Gongsun Changli said: "Where are the other relatives?"
The old shopkeeper waved his hand: "No, no, it's just the two of you when you come."
"When are you coming?" Gongsun Changli looked at Ji Mingxiu who was at the side.
Ji Mingxiu winked.
Gongsun Changli understood, and asked the old shopkeeper, "Aren't they from Jade Street?"
The old shopkeeper said: "It was moved here!"
After moving in, the old shopkeeper saw that the widow was beautiful, so he had the courage to come to propose marriage, but of course he was rejected. He was such a bastard at that time, he stalked her so hard that the whole Emerald Street knew about it .
Not long after, the widow's daughter married the leader of the Holy Church, which frightened the old shopkeeper, and he was sick in the room for more than a month before going to the ground.
The widow has become the leader's mother-in-law, and he no longer dares to climb high.
He was worried that the widow would turn around and teach him a lesson, but they ignored him at all. After that, he opened his pharmacy and she opened her spice shop, and they lived in peace.
But within a few years, the widow died of illness.
Once the widow died, the spice shop would not be able to continue.
Gongsun Changli thanked the old shopkeeper, got into the carriage beside him, looked at Ji Mingxiu and said, "Did you hear everything?"
Ji Mingxiu touched his chin: "Well, it was cleaned very well, without leaving any traces."
Gongsun Changli stared and said: "If you can't prove that Mrs. Xian's death is related to Guardian Lian, it will be difficult to convince Shengjiao to believe her motives. Whether she deals with Yunzhu or Ghost Emperor, she is paving the way for Yunqing and herself. , but if she can't prove her relationship with Yun Qing, who would believe what she did to Yun Zhu and Ghost Emperor?"
Ji Mingxiu tapped lightly on the table a few times with his index finger: "Do you really think Mrs. Xian was killed by her?"
"Don't you think so?" Gongsun Changli asked back.
Ji Mingxiu shook his head.
Gongsun Changli looked at him strangely.
Ji Mingxiu said thoughtfully, "Why do I feel that this late wife... is Guardian Lian herself?"
"Why do you say that?" Gongsun Changli asked.
Ji Mingxiu didn't answer his question, but said, "Mrs. Madam came after the Ghost Emperor and the Blood Demon were suppressed, right?"
Gongsun Changli nodded: "That's right."
Ji Mingxiu said: "At that time, Yunzhu was also expelled from the holy religion. She removed all obstacles and paved a broad road for Yunqing and herself. At this time, how could she allow another A woman of unknown origin snatches everything that should belong to her?"
Gongsun Changli frowned: "In this case, I don't understand even more. The Holy Religion doesn't care about background and status when marrying a wife. If a merchant's daughter can marry Yunqing, so can she. Why bother to pay for it?" How about changing your identity and remarrying?"
Ji Mingxiu said lightly: "She and Yun Qing have conspired so many things. If she marries Yun Qing, doesn't it mean that the two of them have long since been at odds with each other? Outsiders don't think there is anything wrong, but they have a guilty conscience. I always have to be taboo. Not to mention... "
"What's more?" Gongsun Changli looked at him.
Ji Mingxiu narrowed his eyes: "What's more, what if Yun Qing doesn't want to marry Dharma Protector Lian at all?"
"You mean, Protector Lian disguised herself as another woman and married Yun Qing? Wait." Gongsun Changli suddenly thought of something, straightened his expression and said, "If she is the first wife, then Yun Qing Su's mother...isn't it her?"
Ji Mingxiu smiled lightly: "In this way, can it explain why she is so loyal to Yun Su?"
Gongsun Changli went through the recent events in his mind, and then said with a chill: "Indeed, the blood demon was originally released by Yun Su, but she took all the blame on herself. Yun Su is seriously ill. , even King Yin and His Highness the Third Highness didn't believe it, but they handed over the Great Seal to her."
Ji Mingxiu raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that Yun Su also knows her own background."
Gongsun Changli can be regarded as a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he has never seen any bloody things, but Guardian Lian is very likely to be the matter of Yun Su's mother, so he was shocked severely.
"It's hard to accept?" Ji Mingxiu asked with a smile.
Gongsun Changli glanced at him: "Did you guess it earlier or what?"
Ji Mingxiu shook his head: "It's not too early, it's just that I've been wondering what she's trying to do by keeping the holy religion in obscurity."
Gongsun Changli laughed at himself: "You just never believe that a person will be nice to another person for no reason."
Ji Mingxiu narrowed his eyes: "Why do your words sound a bit resentful?"
"You're overthinking." Gongsun Changli cleared his throat, and got back to the topic, "Did Yun Qing become dissatisfied with her when Guardian Lian began to intervene in Yun Qing's marriage? Looking for a woman? Guardian Lian found out about this, killed that woman, and then disguised as her? But is Yunqing a fool? His wife, who faces him day and night, wears a human skin mask, and he really noticed it not?"
Ji Mingxiu said: "How could you not notice it? If I guessed right, it should be just a deal between her and Yun Qing, and she has something about Yun Qing in her hand, forcing Yun Qing to marry her. But Afraid that Shengjiao would see through the truth of the conspiracy between the two, they could only marry in another identity. But Yunqing is not a soft persimmon, and her son is born, so she is not afraid of what she will do to herself. From the moment Yun Su was born, things started to change."
Gongsun Changli murmured: "What kind of handle does she have on Yun Qing?"
Ji Mingxiu said: "This, we have to find the answer from Yun Qing. Where is Yun Qing's relic?"
…
"Master Changli!"
Outside Yun Su's courtyard, two disciples guarding the gate respectfully saluted Gongsun Changli.
Gongsun Changli said unhurriedly: "I'll pack some clothes for the leader."
The two disciples stepped aside without hesitation: "Master Changli, please."
Gongsun Changli stepped into the courtyard.
Three little nuns were shoveling snow on the ground with small wooden shovels. They were supposed to shovel for fun, but they shoveled all the shovels into their mouths.
Gongsun Changli bypassed the corridor and didn't enter Yun Su's house, but turned around and went to the backyard, and said to the disciples who were sweeping: "Little Qianjin seems to be fighting, go over and have a look."
When the disciple heard that it was the three torturers, he quickly put down the broom and went away in a panic.
Gongsun Changli opened the backyard door, and Ji Mingxiu came in sideways.