Chapter 515 Zian Is Gone
Liu Liu heard that Concubine Mei took Zi'an to Zhenguo Temple, so she waved her hands and said with a smile: "Princess, you are really a shadow of a snake, and the grass and trees are all soldiers. How could Concubine Mei harm Zi'an? She is relying on Zi'an now, something happened to Zi'an, and her head hurts." One suffers."
"I thought so too, but why did Concubine Mei lie?" Zhuang Zhuang said.
Chen Taijun also felt that something was wrong, but in order to prevent everyone from panicking, she said: "Perhaps, Concubine Mei wanted to go to offer incense herself. In order to prevent everyone from talking about her, she said that the emperor ordered the assassin to enter the palace. The Qing Palace was also assassinated, and as a Taoist woman, she thought it was the blessing of the Bodhisattva that escaped the catastrophe, and it made sense to go to Zhenguo Temple to thank the gods."
After listening to Chen Taijun's relief, Zhuang Zhuang felt a little relieved, "That's right, maybe I'm really too sensitive."
"There are a lot of things going on recently, and it's good for the princess to be cautious. Don't be too busy guessing. Did you send someone to Zhenguo Temple?" Chen Taijun asked.
"Send someone, let Qin Zhi send the hidden guards, and ordered Dai Zi'an to come back." Zhuang Zhuang said.
"Well, it's not far from Zhenguo Temple. If you walk quickly, you can go back and forth in a day. When did you go out?"
"It's time to go out."
"Then maybe I will stay at Zhenguo Temple for one night, otherwise, it will be too late when I return to Duzi." Chen Taijun said.
"The dark guards were just sent out, and they can arrive at Zhenguo Temple in half an hour at the fastest speed." Zhuang Zhuang said, "Go to Zhenguo Temple, and if you find Zian, bring them back quickly, which is more than three hours."
The dark guards went there on horseback, while Zi'an and Concubine Mei took a carriage. If it was to be comfortable and not bumpy, it would take at least three hours to arrive. If it was faster, it would take two and a half hours.
Chen Taijun said: "We can only wait now, three hours."
Night King also entered the palace later, he frowned after hearing what Zhuang Zhuang said, "Zhen Guo Temple?"
"You don't think it's right, do you?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.
"It must be wrong." The Night King thought for a while, "You sent the hidden guards, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"No, I have to let the people from Suyuelou go. Suyuelou is familiar with the terrain on the other side of Zhenguo Temple." Ye Wang turned and went out.
Even the Night King said it was wrong, Zhuang Zhuang felt even more uneasy.
After waiting until Choushi, the dark guard came back and reported the situation alone, saying that the princess had indeed been to Zhenguo Temple, but she had already left.
"Going away? Did you see their carriage on the road?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.
"I came back all the way, and I never saw it."
"Look, look!" Zhuang Zhuang was anxious, "Something must have happened."
"Princess, don't be impatient. Someone has been left at the Zhenguo Temple. The monks from the Zhenguo Temple are also helping to find it. I just came back to report the situation first."
"When did Zhenguo Temple say Zi'an left?"
"I left at night."
"That means it's night, and she still insists on going at night?"
"The master abbot of Zhenguo Temple said that Concubine Mei came to bid him farewell in person, and the concubine was waiting in the sedan chair, explaining to the eminent monk that he had something important to do in the morning, so he had to go back to the palace immediately."
"That is to say, when we left, none of the people in Zhenguo Temple saw Zi'an?"
"I didn't see it."
"When did Zi An and Concubine Mei arrive at Zhenguo Temple?" Chen Taijun asked.
"Back to the old matriarch, it's about three quarters of the unitary hour."
"Arrive at Youshi, leave at Haishi, and stay for two hours in between. If you are rushing back, you don't need to stay for two hours. One hour is enough to burn incense and scriptures. Zi'an is not such a person who has no arrangements." Chen Taijun said .
She raised her head, "I have to go there myself."
"I'm going too!" Zhuang Zhuang said.
In this way, in the middle of the night, the old lady, Liu Liu and the princess rode away.
The old matriarch is a military commander, so it goes without saying that he has superb riding skills. When he was young and strong, he also practiced riding skills with Xiao Xiao, and later he brought the riding skills taught by Xiao Xiao to the extreme.
Liu Liu, a rambunctious fellow, is even better at riding. A group of five people, together with Qionghua Qinzhi, left the palace on five fast horses.
When leaving the city, because there was a curfew and the whole city was strictly searched, Zhuang Zhuang showed his token and asked casually, "Is the carriage of Concubine Mei entering the city today?"
"Concubine Mei? You've entered the city." The guard said.
"Entered the city?" Zhuang Zhuang was surprised, and looked at Chen Taijun.
Chen Taijun was also a little stunned, "Can you see that the lady Mei Fei is sitting inside?"
"I didn't look at it, but I just gave the token of Concubine Mei."
"When?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.
"Just a quarter of an hour ago!"
Zhuang Zhuang said to Chen Taijun: "You go to Zhenguo Temple first, Ben Gong and Qin Zhiqionghua catch up and have a look."
"Okay!" Chen Taijun raised his whip and went out of the city with Liu Liu.
Zhuang Zhuang turned back with Qin Zhi Qionghua, because he hadn't met her face to face when he came just now, so Zhuang Zhuang concluded that the carriage entered from the North Road.
After chasing for about half an hour, I finally caught up with the carriage. It was indeed Concubine Mei's carriage.
"Stop!" Qin Zhi and Qiong Hua chased after and intercepted the carriage.
The carriage stopped, the handlebars looked strong, and he quickly got off the carriage to salute.
The curtain was lifted, and Concubine Mei came down, with a surprised look on her face, "Princess?"
"Concubine Mei, where's Zi'an?" Zhuang Zhuang asked directly.
Concubine Mei smiled and said, "Zian is still in Zhenguo Temple, she said she wants to stay there for two days."
"She wants to stay for two days? Then why don't you stay with her in Zhenguo Temple and come back overnight?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.
"San'er is ill, I must rush back." Concubine Mei said.
Zhuang Zhuang stared at her, "Concubine Mei, you'd better tell the truth."
Concubine Mei sneered, "Look at what the princess said, why did I tell lies? The princess is in Zhenguo Temple, if you don't believe me, you can go and find it."
Seeing that she still refused to speak, Zhuang Zhuang sternly said: "I have sent out secret guards long ago, and the secret guards said that Zian was not at Zhenguo Temple, and the abbot of Zhenguo Temple said that she came back with you, but now you say she is Zhenguo Temple, do you think I believe you or the abbot?"
Concubine Mei was silent for a while, then raised her head and said: "She is in Zhenguo Temple, she doesn't want to come back, it's useless for the princess to make things difficult for me, and it's not me who tied her up in Zhenguo Temple."
"Okay, Concubine Mei, you can evade. I won't settle accounts with you for the time being, but let me put it here. If anything happens to Zian, I will not be the first to spare you."
After Zhuang Zhuang finished speaking, he got on his horse and rode away with Qin Zhiqionghua.
When Chen Taijun arrived at Zhenguo Temple, the entire Zhenguo Temple was still looking for Zi'an.
Chen Taijun went directly to the master abbot, and the abbot saw that Chen Taijun came in person, and hurried out to greet him.
"Amitabha, I haven't seen Taijun for a long time, how is Taijun?"
Chen Taijun saluted and said: "Master Lao is thinking about it, I am in good health."
"Come in quickly!" the abbot said.
Chen Taijun and Liu Liu followed the master abbot into the temple. The abbot first said, "The princess' guards have already come. I know what's going on. Today, the concubine Mei and the princess did come, but around Haishi, they insisted on going back." , I even sent disciples to Banshan.”
"Master, is it Concubine Mei or Concubine Wang who is saying goodbye to you?"
"It's Concubine Mei. The concubine is in the sedan chair. Concubine Mei said she was feeling unwell." The abbot said.