Under the Power

Chapter 75

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The two walked up the mountain slowly. The temple was not very big, and there was no incense. Only a few monks knelt in front of the Buddha and recited sutras to save the souls of the dead. Lu Yi worshiped a few times in front of the Buddha, then walked to the donation box, took a silver note from his arms, and put it in without looking at the amount.

Shangguanxi was a little surprised. When she thought about it, the sons of high-ranking officials like Lu Yi had seen all the turmoil in the officialdom, and most of them had no ghosts or spirits. But today, Lu Yi looked pious, and it didn't seem like he was cheating.

"My lord, what is in your heart?" she asked.

Lu Yi smiled slightly and did not answer. He walked around the main hall and stopped in front of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - under the huge bell, a small statue of Bodhisattva stood quietly, all sentient beings have been saved, only to realize Bodhi, hell is not empty, swear not to become a Buddha.

He knelt down in front of the futon and prayed a few more times.

Shangguanxi watched from the side and became more and more puzzled.

Lu Yi got up and smiled at her: "Master Shangguan, don't you come here often?"

Shangguanxi nodded and said, "On weekdays, I would accompany the old gang master to Daming Temple. It's true that I don't come here often, and the incense there is stronger than here."

"No matter how small the temple is, the offerings are also true Buddhas." Lu Yi said, a figure flashed from the corner of his eyes, and he said to her, "I'm a little thirsty after walking all the way, I'll go back to see if there is a well, you can take a moment. Wait a moment."

Before Shangguan Xi could nod, he saw him walking out of his own accord, frowning beautifully, always feeling that Lu Yi's trip was very strange, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

As soon as he turned the corner, Lu Yi flew out, moved a few times, and intercepted A Rui, who had no time to escape, in the backyard of the temple.

A Rui stood under a ginkgo tree, his face sinking like water, staring at him stubbornly, the wind passing the leaves, even his face was cloudy.

However, Lu Yi didn't speak to him at all, with a faint smile on his face, he walked slowly to the well, took a bucket of well water for himself, washed it with water, then turned and walked away, as if he didn't see it. He is average.

A Rui was a little stunned and didn't understand what Lu Yi meant, until Lu Yi left, he saw a small thing on the edge of the well glistening in the sun. When he walked over to take a closer look, his body was instantly frozen, and a thin leaf-shaped gold ornament was placed on the top of the well.

He recognized that it belonged to Zhai Lanye.

Back in the lobby, Lu Yi was in a very happy mood, and said to Shang Guanxi: "It's getting late, probably Hall Master Shangguan still has a lot of help to deal with, don't delay for me, go back to the city."

Although Shangguanxi was at a loss, he was secretly glad that he no longer had to accompany him around, so he went down the mountain and returned to the city.

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This summer, the world has never dared to think about pie. She has always felt that as long as the world does not drop a knife, it is already favored by God.

So when she washed Lu Yi's clothes and was sent to the yamen by Liu Xiangzuo, she didn't think too much.

People from Yangzhou Yamen told her that during a recent household registration survey, it was found that an anonymous person rented a vacant room in the north of the city that had been idle for half a year. Since this case was handled by Six Doors, I gave her the address of the vacant room and let her find clues.

So went this summer.

In an ordinary private house, she walked into the courtyard, and it was empty; when she entered the main room, it was empty; and when she entered the inner room, it was empty, except for a canopy bed with a low curtain.

There have been countless cases before, and when the bed curtain was lifted, this summer, he was ready to see the corpse, but unfortunately there were no corpses, but eight sandalwood boxes.

There are not only locks on the boxes, but also official seals.

Faintly aware of something, she opened the seal this summer, unlocked the lock with the small three pieces she carried, and opened the lid of the box—the silver ingot was full of ingots, crowded closely next to each other. She took one ingot and went out and looked at the bottom of the silver ingot. , the casting pattern is clear in the eyes, it is the lost batch of repairing the river.

After coming to Yangzhou for dozens of days, there is still no clue. This summer, he took a deep breath, slowly closed the lid, and began to look around the house.

Just don't pay attention. After paying attention, her brows became tighter and tighter. Finally, she put the box and bed curtains as they were, and silently retreated, strolling around the streets of Yangzhou City aimlessly, and finally returned. to the official post.

As soon as Lu Yi returned to the official post, he saw this summer sitting on the stone steps with his knees tucked into a dazed look, deaf to his own footsteps.

"It's just a few clothes to wash, don't you feel so wronged?" he asked with a smile.

Hearing his voice, he suddenly came back to his senses this summer, jumped up from the stone steps, and said anxiously, "Sir, you are back! I have something to do..."

"Go ahead."

"Here..." Although he was already in Lu Yi's small courtyard, he still felt inappropriate this summer, "enter the room and say."

Lu Yi didn't have any grudges, so he followed her into the room and watched her nervously closing the door and window, which made him laugh.

This summer, he looked up at the beam, lowered his head and checked the bed again, confirming that there was no one around, but he was still uneasy: "Will people listen to you if you talk like this?"

Lu Yi thought for a moment, pointed to his bed, and said sincerely, "You can talk under the quilt."

This Xia glanced at the bed, was silent, dragged him to sit down at the table, and whispered in his ear like this.

"I found the silver, it's a good thing." Lu Yi was not surprised, very calm.

This summer looked at his expression suspiciously, and after a while, he attached to his ear, and so on and so on.

"Well, the box is locked well, and the seal is there." Lu Yi nodded while listening to her, "The house has been cleaned, no more than a day's view..."

"Shh..."

Jin Xia looked at him with a frown, and with determination, he whispered the last words in his ear.

She thought Lu Yi would be surprised, at least slightly, but he was unusually calm.

"I already knew that." His voice was soft.

"You know!" Ben Xia was puzzled, frowning, thinking carefully, "I know this is related to Yan Shifan, maybe he sent someone to hide the money, but I didn't expect that the money was in the treasury. , the silver was not lost at all! Do you know what this means?"

"From the prefect of Yangzhou to the officials in charge of the treasury, to the Yamen of Yangzhou, and the commissioner of the judiciary..." Lu Yi paused, still very calm, "They all know that the money is not lost."

"This is what they did together."

This summer, my chest is up and down, and I am full of indignation. She knew that Yan Song had power over the government and the opposition, but only now did she clearly experience what the words "power over the government and the opposition" meant.

Why did the silver suddenly appear today

She looked down at Lu Yi, remembered what he said on the boat, and suddenly understood.

The man wanted to trample him under his feet, he said.

He wrote "Show weakness" on the palm of her hand.

This summer, she slowly squatted down in front of Lu Yi, thinking that he had to bow down in front of Yan Shifan, which was more uncomfortable than letting her bow down herself. She looked up at him: "So, on the boat, you..."

"Not only that..." Lu Yi said lightly, "I also gave Qiu Luan's birthday guide to him."

These official affairs, this summer seems to understand but not understand: "That's, um, make the best use of everything... So, this case is closed?"

Lu Yi smiled slightly: "It's over."

A huge and uninhabited sense of depression enveloped this summer, she said in a low voice: "I have never done such a case before, and the few female corpses in love parted, so they died in vain, without even a name, and also No one came looking for them."

"... someday..."

He didn't say any more, but what he remembered was the Buddha statue he saw in the temple.

He didn't know how long it would take that day.

Whether he can wait until that day, he doesn't know.

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At night, Lu Yi was alone in the room studying ink and writing essays.

The night wind blew through the window, and even the candle light flickered violently.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Lu Yi said lightly as he wrote without raising his head.

Outside, the night was silent, except for the rustling of the wind passing through the leaves, there was no other sound. After a long while, a black figure rolled over from the roof and jumped down, falling on the ground like a fallen leaf, and looked coldly at Lu Yi in the window.

"Come in and sit for a while, there is tea on the table, and when I finish writing this book." Lu Yi dipped his ink in ink and continued to write the official document.

A Rui stood there, and after a while, he pushed the door and entered, and sure enough, he sat down at the table.

The room was quiet. After a long time, Lu Yi just put down his pen, blew the excerpt he just wrote, and said with a smile, "The case of Xiuhe money is finally closed, will you go back to the capital?"

A Rui looked at him coldly: "I don't understand what you said."

"If you don't understand, you won't come here." Lu Yi folded up the papers, got up and said, "With your skill, don't you feel wronged in Wu'an for three years? Or are you reluctant to leave?"

Arui stared at him.

Lu Yi continued: "Although I'm not a member of the rivers and lakes, I know a little about the rules of the arena How to deal with you?"

Arui had murderous intent in his eyes.

"But don't worry, if I wanted to say it, I would have said it earlier today. The reason I waited for you was to negotiate a deal with you." Lu Yi turned a blind eye to his eyes, Shi Shiran sat down with his robes up, and fell down. Two cups of tea, one for myself and one for Arui.

"I never negotiate deals with people." A Rui said coldly.

"Very well, today is a good start for you."

Lu Yi smiled gently.