Tang riddles

The investigation into Shan Yin's residence was soon over.Shen Sui failed to find any more useful things and noteworthy clues in Shan Yin's residence.His room was as if no one had ever lived in it. There were very few items, and the few utensils and other items were neatly arranged and meticulous.

Shanyin was the chief of the Discipline Academy, and Shen Sui asked several monks from the Discipline Academy who lived next to Shanyin's residence about what happened on the night when Shanyin's case happened.Consistent with the confession provided by Du Yan, everyone agreed: The lights in Shanyin’s room were turned off very early that night, and everyone thought he was asleep, so they never bothered him. superior.

Shanyin has a serious personality, a tall figure with a serious face, and he is very cunning in his actions.All the monks in the temple are afraid of him, and few people get close to him.Except that things in the temple must be with him, in private, the monks in the temple avoid him.For Shan Yin, he is also happy to be quiet, he doesn't like others to disturb him, and he doesn't bother to manage the relationship in these temples.Only his master, Venerable Miaopu, knew him better, and Shanyin often went to see his master. The master and his disciples sat together and had long talks, talking about Buddhism, with deep feelings.

After mastering these backgrounds, the first round of investigation of Ci'en Temple was basically over, and Shen Sui proposed to leave now and go to the dungeon of the Jingzhao Mansion Office to check the remains of the two monks.Murong Fu was a little surprised and asked:

"There are still a lot of outsiders who were in the temple when the crime happened. Brother Bozhao won't go and ask?"

"It's meaningless to ask now, it's just a waste of time. First find out Shanyin's background before he became a monk, and then it's not too late to ask." Shen Sui said.

Murong Fu stroked his beard, glanced at Qin Zhen, Qin Zhen nodded, and Murong Fu and Liu Yu became friends:

"Since that's the case, it's not too late. We'll go back as soon as possible."

Liu Yucheng understood, clasped his fists together, greeted Wei Han and Du Yan, and went first to prepare the chariots and horses.Murong Fu and Qin Zhen walked together slowly, together with Miao Yin and other monks, went to the Daxiong Hall to offer incense and worship to the Buddha, and then left.Cheng Xu also followed.Qin and Murong actually both believed in Buddhism, if it wasn't for the urgent business, they would not have neglected Buddhism so much.Qin Zhen asked Shen Sui if he was going to worship Buddha, Shen Sui waved his hand, saying that he did not believe in Buddhism.Qin Zhen asked him to go out of the temple first and wait in his carriage, Shen Sui thanked him.

When parting, Cheng Xu deliberately fell behind, turned to look at Shen Sui, cupped his hands and said:

"Brother Bo Zhao is good at kung fu, and a certain family admires it. If there is a chance in the future, a certain family will definitely ask for advice."

Shen Sui smiled and did not answer, but also cupped his hands, expressing that he would fight at any time.The two looked at each other and smiled, and the general of the forbidden army strode away holding the knife at his waist.Shen Sui looked at his back, and thought to himself that the descendants of Lord Lu's [Note] still have a bit of demeanor from their ancestors.

Watching Cheng Xu go away, Shen Sui turned around and walked outside the temple.But before he took a few steps, he was called by a clear and elegant voice:

"Shen Yihui stays behind."

Shen Sui's heart skipped a beat, he stopped and didn't dare to turn around for a while.I thought to myself that I was really in a daze, how could I forget her.After stabilizing her emotions, she turned around slowly, made a half salute, and said with a smile:

"Layman Xinlian, I don't know what's going on, call me down?"

Zhang Ruohan was not far behind him, looking at Shen Sui quietly, dressed in white and standing in front of the Great Hall of Mercy, which had just started to snow, looking extraordinarily cold, thin and petite. "Dong dong", his heart beat violently again, and then a sour feeling spread in his chest, making Shen Sui's eye sockets faintly wet.

Shen Sui's throat moved, and he tried his best to suppress the sourness, his breath involuntarily became gloomy, his sword eyebrows frowned, and there was sadness in his eyes.Zhang Ruohan didn't speak, and Shen Sui didn't ask again.The two once again fell into a long-term stare at each other.Wuya, the maid behind Zhang Ruohan, was a little helpless. Sanniang was always staring at him and didn't speak, but it would be misleading.This Shen Yihui is also good-tempered, but he waited quietly when he was shouted but didn't say anything.

"Why is Shen Yihui so far away?" Zhang Ruohan finally spoke.

Asking this question made Shen Sui dumbfounded, his gloomy mood unknowingly diminished just now, he said helplessly: "There is a difference between men and women, Sui dare not approach, for fear of being abrupt."

"If Ruohan doesn't feel abrupt, if Shen Yihui doesn't mind, can Ruohan come forward and say a few words?"

"Don't dare." Hearing her words, Shen Sui really didn't dare to ask her to take the initiative, so he took two steps and approached her.A faint fragrance lingered around the tip of his nose, and Shen Sui's throat unconsciously moved again.

As the two got closer, Zhang Ruohan lowered her voice, and only heard her ask softly:

"Ruohan thinks Shen Yihui is very familiar, where does he seem to have seen it before?"

Shen Sui bent the corners of his lips, and replied with a smile: "I also feel that Layman Xinlian has a kind face. It's just that I didn't grow up in Chang'an since I was a child. I only went to Beijing to take the exam ten years ago, and it was only less than a year ago. I don't know but at that time. Have you ever had a relationship with Layman Xinlian?"

Zhang Ruohan raised his eyebrows, and then said: "Ten years ago, Ruohan served his grandmother at home and never left the house for a whole year. It seems that the two of us have never met before." After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes to look carefully at Shen Sui Seeing that she was still respectful and distant, with a slight regret in her eyes, but she couldn't find any faults, she couldn't help lowering her eyes, and said again:

"Shen Yihui, I don't know the salt in the back kitchen of the abbot's courtyard, have you seen it?"

Shen Sui's brows trembled, and he still smiled and replied:

"Look, it's pretty much the same as someone guessed."

"That's good." Zhang Ruohan had a faint smile on his face.

Seeing this, Shen Sui's eyes froze, and he took the initiative to ask: "May I ask Layman Xinlian what his opinion is on this case?"

Zhang Ruohan said: "Ruohan is just a Buddhist layman who doesn't know how to investigate cases. It's just that in Ruohan's eyes, the Ci'en case may not be a very complicated case."

"How do you say that?" Shen Sui asked.

"Ruohan can't tell, it's just an intuition."

Shen Sui: "..."

San Niangzi, is your intuition reliable?How can you rely on your intuition to investigate a case... Shen Sui complained.

Shen Sui was humming in his heart, and Zhang Ruohan suddenly threw out a sentence:

"Shen Yihui, Ruohan doesn't know how to investigate cases. But if you want to ask Shen Yihui, Ruohan is also suspected?"

"This..." Shen Sui was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer for a moment.Speaking of it, Zhang Ruohan is naturally not suspected at all, but the investigation cannot be so casual. Evidence must be found to completely prove that Zhang Ruohan is not suspected, or it must be confirmed that the suspect is someone else before her suspicion can be lifted.

Seeing that Shen Sui was in a bit of trouble, Zhang Ruohan said:

"Shen Yihui, please don't get me wrong. Ruohan is not defending herself. That's right. Ruohan mentioned before that I have a rough envoy servant who was sent out by Ruohan more than ten days ago. The place she went to is In Fufeng Famen Temple, the master who introduced Ruohan into Buddhism was seriously ill. A few days ago, the monks of Famen Temple passed on a letter to Ruohan, but Ruohan made a vow to pray for his father for three years and never showed mercy. I sent a servant to visit Famen Temple on my behalf. If the master is really critically ill, Ruohan should go there and see the master for the last time. Just one day ago, the servant sent back a letter saying that the master is critically ill and will soon die. But Han was trapped in Ci'en, and she couldn't leave even if she wanted to."

The corner of Wuya's eye twitched.

Shen Sui nodded, and sighed: "Miss Zhang San has a sincere heart, and Sui deeply admires it."

"If Han is eager to leave the temple, I hope Shen Yihui can help me." After saying that, he bowed to Shen Sui.

Shen Sui was startled, and quickly helped her up, saying:

"Impossible, Sui can't afford the big gift from the third lady."

Of course Shen Sui wanted to help Zhang Ruohan in his heart, but although this matter is easy to handle, it is also difficult to handle, which is very delicate.But Shen Sui still cupped his hands and said:

"Please don't worry, Miss Zhang, Suiding will do her best to help Miss Zhang leave the temple."

"Ruohan is deeply grateful to Shen Yi for his benevolent heart."

The conversation between the two took quite a while, so that Murong Fu and others who had entered the Daxiong Palace to worship Buddha had already come out.Seeing it from afar, Shen Sui hurriedly took a few steps back, bowed and said:

"Sui bid farewell to the third lady, and we will contact you in the future."

Zhang Ruohan nodded and returned a salute.Shen Sui quickly turned around and left quickly.

Zhang Ruohan also took Wu Ya back to the residence in the West Inner Courtyard, and hurriedly walked, before Murong Fu and others saw her, she disappeared on the west side of the Great Hall.However, the sharp-eyed Qin Zhen noticed the actions of Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan, and couldn't help but secretly smiled, thinking that these young men and women, talented and beautiful, if they really hit it off, he would be willing to be a matchmaker, which would be a good story.

It seems that a woman of Zhang Ruohan's age is already the mother of several children, so she can't go on wasting any longer.Brother Zishou once talked about this little daughter with him, and his eyes were full of sadness, not knowing what to do with this child.Come to think of it, it is indeed a debt to children.

In the past few years, the Zhang family also told the third lady several relatives, but she rejected them all.The family members were unwilling to persecute her, and her heart disease also made the family of the man who proposed marriage have scruples, so they all died without any problems.Among them, the Murong family is the most famous one.Murongfu's third son fell in love with Mrs. Zhang's beauty, and repeatedly begged his father to let him marry her, even though Mrs. Zhang was seven years older than him.

Murong Fu couldn't hold back his son, so he took his son to the Zhang family to propose marriage.At that time, in order to fulfill his son's wish, Murong Fu proposed a game rule of poetry pairing, that is, he asked his son to write a poem, asked Zhang Ruohan to pair one, and the two families judged the competition. If the son won, I hope Zhang Zishou Can agree to this marriage.He is very confident in his son's literary talents, thinking that although Mrs. Zhang San is known as a talented woman, she and her son's literary talents should be on the same level.Even if he wins, Wen Wu is the first, with his penetrating tongue, he can turn the bad into good, so Zhang Zishou should give him some good points.As a result, his son's poem was dumped by Mrs. Zhang San for the entire Zhuque Street. Murong Fu got frustrated and took his son away in embarrassment without mentioning the marriage. From then on, he was very jealous of Zhang Ruohan.

This matter was spread as a joke by the people of Chang'an at that time, which really made Murong Fu feel ashamed.Murong Fu and Zhang Ruohan met unexpectedly today, and Qin Zhen, who knew the inside story, had a hard time holding back his laughter at that embarrassing gesture.He thought to himself that this old boy Murong also committed his own crimes, so he can't live.

Besides, even though Shen Sui is a man, he is not young anymore, and he has not married a wife until now, he looks very anxious, if people suspect that he is as good as Long Yang, then it will be bad.

Huh?Maybe it's not as good as Longyang, Shen Sui's unparalleled beauty appeared in front of his eyes, his face was white and beardless, and there was a hidden beauty of a woman, Qin Zhen felt a little uneasy, and had to ask about it another day.

Qin Zhen was thinking wildly in this room, and Zhang Ruohan had already led Wu Ya through the corridor in that room, and the Daxiong Palace was no longer visible. She slowed down, panting slightly, and a faint blush appeared on her face. She pursed her lips lightly, There was a deep smile in the dark pupils.

Wuya behind him spoke, doubtfully:

"Sanniang..." called out, but she didn't know whether to continue asking.

"Why do you only say half of what you have to say?" Zhang Ruohan calmed down, her tone was a little melodious, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

"Why did you lie to that Shen Sui?" Seeing that the lady seemed to be in a good mood, Wu Ya boldly asked.

"How could I lie?" Zhang Ruohan actually refused to admit it.

"San Niang!" Wu Ya said anxiously, "Although Qian He did go to see the old abbot at Famen Temple for you, isn't the old abbot in good health? Qian He will be back in a few days, and in her letter It's very clear. But why did you lie to Shen Sui, saying that the old host is dead... Monks don't lie, if you curse the old host like this, he will be pissed off by you."

Zhang Ruohan raised her eyebrows and said, "Wu Ya, am I a monk?"

Wuya: "..."

Zhang Ruohan stopped teasing Wuya and said, "Okay, I'm wrong to lie, but I have my reasons. There are many mysteries about Shen Sui, which may be related to that person. If I don't take some very serious The means cannot be tested.”

that person?who?Wu Ya was at a loss.

"Wu Ya, do you know that in our conversation just now, he has already revealed his flaws?"

"Huh? Where did you show your flaws?" Wu Ya asked curiously.

Zhang Ruohan explained: "I asked him if we had met before. He replied directly that he was not born in Chang'an since he was a child. He only came to Chang'an to take the exam ten years ago. He asked me if I met in Chang'an ten years ago. Yes. This means that he knows very well that I have hardly left Chang'an since I was a child. However, if he met me for the first time and did not know me before, how could he know this? How would he know? We may Not in Chang'an, but met in other places? Therefore, I judge that he must know my situation very well, which is very suspicious."

After hearing this, Wu Ya suddenly realized, nodded repeatedly, and praised: "San Niang, you are so smart! Even a smart person like Shen Sui has shown his feet in front of you."

Showing off?It is not known whether he did it on purpose or whether I found it out.Zhang Ruohan thought to herself.

"Wu Ya, you have to be prepared. For a long time to come, we will have to deal with this 'Snow Blade' Shen Yihui." Zhang Ruohan said with a light smile.

The author has something to say: the title of this chapter is "Xuelian Pair", Xue--"Snow Dao Mingjue" Shen Sui, and Lian--"Xinlian Layman" Zhang Ruohan.Right—dialogue, chess confrontation.The whole chapter is dedicated to the dialogue between these two goblins, and Shu Baobao expressed his heart tired.

[Note] Lu Guogong, namely Cheng Yaojin, is one of the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.Cheng Xu is the great-great-grandson of Cheng Yaojin.