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Chapter 4

"Used?" Longquan said sharply, squinting at the enchanting woman in front of him who was also wearing the vice envoy's badge.

The woman turned around and said lightly: "I didn't say which one could not be used in advance. It just so happens that this fair and young man has a good face and was selected by the nobles. My lord allows them to use it."

To put it bluntly, Princess Jialan is a hard-nosed person. If you send someone back, it’s okay to say that she’s lost. No one will believe what a fool says. There’s only a dry corpse left. How can you stop her? Longquan Looking at the confident woman in front of her, she was even more angry, but she was good at sycophants, and won the favor of the Governor. Three years ago, what was she!

"Look, you are in a hurry, the governor has made arrangements, so you can continue to take care of the house with peace of mind." The woman smiled softly, turned around and left lightly.

Zhang Long finally poked his head out to take a look at Deputy Long who didn't say a word, but saw that the brush in his hand that was imitating the calligraphy of the adults had been broken into two sections: "What is it, you think I am a housekeeper!"

The pure white papal towers are all over Kyoto. As the state religion, taizu has no children. Just after forty years, he passed the throne to his younger brother, Emperor Taizong.In order to show his respect and follow to his elder brother, Taizong left a rule that the new emperors of all generations had to go to Chuijiao Mountain to study for three years. More than a dozen emperors were passed down. There is the fun-loving Wenzong, and the diligent Xuanzong. There are also a few fanatical followers of the Pope, Mr. Wu, Jingzong, and Mu Zong, so the Pope is strong day by day, every neighborhood has a papal tower, and the most outstanding among the 49 squares in the capital is Cheng Yi The Pope's Tower in the square is also the Pope's office in Beijing. As the link between the imperial court and the Pope, he is in charge of the teaching affairs in the capital.

In the meeting hall on the top floor of the Pope's Tower in Chengyifang, several people in white uniforms sat around, and on the lotus seat in the middle was the beautiful woman from the restaurant, but at this time she had a humble and kind face.

"Hallmaster Meng, the robbery of the moon pole in Kyoto has become more and more serious recently, especially the Pope's Pagoda in Qixifang in the west of Beijing. At first, it was only robbed for three to five days a month, but it was robbed for half a month last month!" The middle-aged man looked anxious.

The founding of the country in the obscurity happened after the Golden Rebellion 800 years ago. The moon in the moonlight has the effect of strengthening the body. It can be collected and condensed with precious moonstones. Since then, people have worshiped the moon god and prayed for blessings.

The Pope's Tower is the altar to receive the Moon Pole. If you often bathe in the Moon Pole, you will be free from all diseases and be strong and healthy. Taizu has lived for more than 150 years, even surpassing his Gaozong nephew. Ordinary people have joined the Church Zong will also share one or two blessings of the moon's brilliance.But the right to collect Yueji has always belonged to the Pope, and now someone is openly looting Yueji at the feet of the Son of Heaven. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is provoking the Pope!

The white-clothed priests in the conference hall were filled with righteous indignation, but the woman in the center was very calm, and said softly: "Thanks to the dispatch of my mentor, Meng Hui first came to Beijing to welcome the new emperor and return to Chuijiao Mountain to practice, so he has a lot of questions about the affairs of Beijing and China. Unfamiliar, please Prime Ministers, I wonder if there are any powerful families in the west of Beijing?"

"Jingxi?" "The Empress Dowager's mother's family, Cheng's family, is in Xikuifang!"

"Chao Yifang of the former Grand Master Chao's family was sacrificed and changed by the late Emperor himself."

"The Chao family is an empty house, and the Chao family has already left."

"Uncle Cheng Guo is in the Northwest Army, but he left a child to look after the house."

"There are also the mansions of several generals in the early years, but they have all fallen."

Everyone expressed their opinions, but Meng Hui in the center seemed to have an idea: "I have seen a record of a blood moon stone in the ancient books of Chuijiao Mountain. Its color is bright red and it hits like a chime."

"Blood Moon Stone?" The middle-aged priest frowned

"Its nature is extremely yin, and it can plunder the pole of the moon, so that the moonstone can no longer be obtained. It is used to be swallowed by people, absorbing human blood, and the stone will die, although it will lose its blood color after a short looting. It is an ordinary moonstone, but it can be refined many times, and after this repetition, there will be a lot of looting."

These words are like a drop of water into the frying pan. The patriarchs at the scene are all the leaders of the various workshops in the capital. There is such a thing against heaven. As a result, if this is the case, the power of the pope will be fundamentally shaken. If the people do not benefit, who will come to worship?

The so-called worshiping gods is nothing more than a humble pursuit of some benefits, and how many people really devote themselves to teaching.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, there is a way to break the magic spell. Although it is normal these few days this month, if it is really this blood moon stone, there must be some movement in the next few days. I will go to it tomorrow. We also asked several deans to assist in the investigation of the west of Beijing." Meng Hui was beautiful, and his words were even more beautiful, which strengthened everyone's confidence and gave enough face to the deans of the seven workshops in the west of Beijing.

After the meeting was over, they came out in twos and threes, Dean Pi of Xikuifang and Dean Zhang of Chao Yifang walked together, chatting while walking.

"As expected of Daozi's personal disciple, Hall Master Meng not only has superb medical skills, but also has the ability to understand the past and the present!"

"It's just that this blood moon stone sounds very unknown. I don't know how she can crack it at a young age?" Headmaster Pi was still worried.

In the dark room, complicated inscriptions are engraved on every corner. The man lying on the stone table in the middle is as breathless as air, his face is haggard, but his veins are bulging. Only his abdomen is bulging. The man in white stepped forward and saw that he cut open the man's abdomen with a single knife, and blood flowed down from the four corners of the stone table. The man in white took out a red stone from the man's abdomen, gently placed it on the silver plate beside him, turned and left.Two men in black stepped forward and carried the man's body down: "Third brother, this must be cleaned up specially, as the nobleman has instructed."

"That's natural. This stove burns pure golden charcoal, so there's no dust left." Another man in black just opened the door of the burning stove, when he turned his head and saw that the companion who had just spoken was already lying on the ground.His eyes widened in surprise, and his throat was instantly cut by a dagger. A figure threw the two men in black into the furnace, and left with Mingde's body.

The next day, Jingzhao Mansion received a report that an unknown man's body was found under the pagoda in Chaoyifang, Jingxi, and the soldiers of the mansion immediately went to investigate.Lifting off the black cloth, the staring eyes on his thin face were none other than Mingde.

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Chapter 5

At the archery range of Prince Xiande's mansion, Li Zui took out an arrow and put it on firmly. The two-stone military bow was pulled away little by little in his hand. When it was full, the sharp arrow pierced the air with the sound of thunder and lightning. The outer target pierced through the heart with an arrow. This target was not in an ordinary shape, but in the shape of Jingjiwei's black bamboo hat. There was a large character Lu written on the small target.

According to the case records sent by Jingjiwei, Mingde's body was found, and the deduction of the case is that he met a robber on his way and killed him.

Which robber ran to the village in the valley to rob the road and kill a mentally impaired fool?

With a whoosh, another arrow pierced the heart!

Obviously, the master was very upset, and Yulan was a little timid, so she gave Kan Jian a wink and let him go first.

Kan Jian saluted, "My lord, the [former] team reported that before Mingde disappeared, there were three strangers who lingered near Xiejia Village. Although the silver they paid was specially exchanged for ordinary copper coins, the restaurant proprietress remembered to pay. One person’s purse is a ostrich embroidered with black cloth and gold thread, another person asks for hot water to make his own tea, because the tea smells unusual, the boss secretly leaves the tea dregs to drink for himself, it’s Junshan tea.”

"Golden Thread Luan, Junshancha, is Jingjiwei?"

Yulan presented a cup of ginger grass tea: "The [Cheng] team has counted the number of disappearance cases reported in the capital and nearby prefectures in the past year. There are especially many foolish and middle-aged people. It is three times more than in previous years, reaching 320 seven people!"

Li Zui put down his bow and arrow, "What's the order of the disappearances?"

Yulan pondered for a while: "From Huizhou, which is a little farther away, to the nearby Huangzhou half a year ago, and the capital city began to occur frequently three months ago."

Li Zui stood up: "It seems that Lu Buqiu has started eating people again."

"The [Cheng] team went to investigate the scenes and accompanying personnel of Lu Buqiu's recent appearance, and ordered the [Mo] team to sharpen their knives!"

"Yes" Kan Jian and Yulan listened in unison.

"Arrange Mingde's mother in the small kitchen."

"Master, the water in the capital city is really deep. I thought that the handsome little princess was going to report the crime, but I didn't know that several hidden guards under her had already reached out to Lu Buqiu's side!" It was the round-faced boy in white who spoke, One of the patriarchs in Huixintang under the jurisdiction of Menghui was named Fuling.

Looking back at the status of the dignitaries presented by the Pope in Beijing, Dreaming back to Yimu Ten, Li Zui, the princess of Jialan County, the only daughter of King Xiande, the granddaughter of the former Taifu Chao Yi, sixteen years old, with a handsome appearance, volatile temperament, and serious illness.There are talents who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps... There are four dark guards, the [Mo] group leader assassinates and fights, the [Front] group leader inspects and inspects, the [Cheng] group is good at spying on news, and the [Q] group is unknown.

It seems that what she went to Jingjiwei was to knock the mountain and shake the tiger. I am afraid that by now she has discovered that Lu Buqiu is behind the case.But Meng Hui clicked and clicked under the words "Qingji Unknown", Li Zui, it seems that you have your own little secret again.

Another head teacher of Huixin Hall, Ze Xie, came in and reported: "Master, today is the day of the full moon. At the moment of Shenshi, there is a moon worship ceremony at the pagoda of Chaoyifang as usual, so we can set off."

Jingxi Chaoyifang is unremarkable in the Sishijiufang of Kyoto. It is neither like the famous relatives of the Cheng family like Xikuifang next door, nor is it like Yuanpinfang a little further to the west, which gathers all kinds of people from all walks of life and has a complicated staff. When you go to Jingzhao Mansion, you have to have one eye on it to feel at ease.Chao Yifang, which is always up and down, was once lively. A group of military heroes hundreds of years ago once gave it to the mansion, but the scenery has long since disappeared, and the descendants have withered, but it is not poor to support the ancestral business.