Cypress Boat Floating

"Tell me about it." Lu Zhixing stared at the Taoist priest opposite him with sharp eyes.

The Taoist priest was frightened by Lu Zhixing's eyes and subconsciously wanted to step back, but unfortunately he was tied to a wooden frame and couldn't move.

"I... I don't know anything." The Taoist priest shook his head frantically, fearing that if he was a step slower he would be stabbed to death by Lu Zhixing's sword.

"You know nothing. Then what were you doing this morning?" Lu Zhixing's voice turned cold. He was caught in the act, yet he still dared to be stubborn.

As soon as these words came out, a drop of cold sweat broke out on the Taoist priest's forehead. He thought that what he did was covert enough, but he didn't expect to be caught in the act.

Lu Zhixing didn't even glance at him, but he could feel the oppressive aura from Lu Zhixing. He heard clearly when the officers and soldiers called him just now, and he knew in his heart that the man in front of him was not an ordinary minor official, but the famous King Qin. If he relied on that master to save him, he was afraid that even the other party would not have the ability to do so.

"Little one, little one..." The Taoist rolled his eyes. Since he already knew that no one would come to rescue him, he might as well think of a way to deceive the man in front of him.

"Tell the truth and don't think about anything else." As if seeing through his intention, an official next to him hit the wooden frame with a whip and roared.

Frightened by the whip, Taoist Qingming knew he had no other options and had to tell everything.

Li Boming was the son of Li Zhizhong, the Minister of Rites. He was rather lustful and often went to brothels, but he was also rather violent in the process and few women could stand it.

As time went by, Mr. Li lost interest in the women in the brothel. By chance, the brothel bought a down-and-out lady, and Mr. Li fell in love with her. The brothel madam gave the down-and-out lady, who had never been well trained, to Mr. Li. Mr. Li accidentally killed her on a whim, and from then on he could not stop.

He knew that since the brothel's madam could buy this poor lady, she could naturally help him find more girls, so he gave the madam a large sum of money.

Taoist Qingming was originally a frequent customer of the brothel owner. After learning about this from the brothel owner, he thought of using his Yue Lao Temple to lure those women. After the deed was done, they would each take half.

But not everyone would go to the Yue Lao Temple, and he didn't like all the women sent to Master Li. Later, he fell in love with Miss Chen, the daughter of the owner of the rice shop in the west of the city, and asked the madam to find a way to send Miss Chen to his house.

So the madam found a fortune teller, Aunt Mo. Aunt Mo's husband was a fortune teller. She knew a little bit about fortune telling and was good at speaking. People in the neighborhood knew her and would go to her if they couldn't find anything. But since her husband died, she had no source of income.

The madam gave her a sum of money and asked her to use her words to trick Miss Chen into going to Yue Lao Temple. As long as Miss Chen went to the Yue Lao Temple, they could use the same method to knock Miss Chen unconscious and send her to Li's house.

The wooden sign that Aunt Mo gave to Miss Chen was the same as the one she gave to Yuqin. There was a special mark on the wooden sign in her hand, which meant that the person going there was the prey. Taoist Qingming would ask them to go to the well in the bamboo forest. He placed an incense burner next to the well. The smell of the incense would be covered up by the smell of bamboo, but it would linger on the people near the well, and anyone who smelled the smell would faint in less than a quarter of an hour.

As long as someone faints, the Taoist priest Qingming, who is hiding in the dark and watching, will come out and tie the person up, and the madam will also notify the people from the Li Mansion to take the person away. As long as the person is sent to the Li Mansion, they will get the money.

"People come to Yue Lao Temple sincerely to pray for marriage, but you treat people as prey to be chosen and ruin their marriages at will. What kind of Yue Lao Temple is this?" After listening to Taoist Qingming's self-pity, Lu Ci Qiu was so angry that he pointed at his nose and started scolding him.

He was sincerely seeking a marriage partner, but unfortunately he was trapped in the devil's lair and his life was destroyed by the devil.

It's so infuriating!

Taoist Qingming was scolded by Lu Ci Qiu so much that he lowered his head and dared not look up. He knew that he had done something wrong. He had originally been devoted to seeking the truth, but he was helpless because of lust and died for money.

This is because I have confused my mind and ruined my practice.

Lu Zhixing stopped Lu Ciqiu from continuing to scold him and asked, "How many people did you arrest in total?"

"About a dozen."

"Do you know who the other party is?"

Taoist Qingming shook his head. He only knew that he would capture whoever Master Li told him to capture, and he had no idea about the identities of those people.

Lu Zhixing ordered someone to capture the madam and asked the three of them to sign and seal the complaint written by the lawyer. Then he took the complaint to the palace and asked the emperor to search the Li Mansion.

Now Ye Jianqing and Lord Du's beloved daughter are still in Li Boming's hands. Although he knows that Ye Jianqing has enough ability to protect himself, he must rescue them as soon as possible and cannot let them continue to suffer in Li Boming's hands. If it is any later, he is afraid that someone else will continue to be hurt.

Lu Zhixing asked Lu Ci Qiu to go back home first, and he would send someone to inform him when he received the imperial edict. At the same time, he asked Ren Hongbo to get ready and gather his men, and rush to Li's house to capture the murderer as soon as the imperial edict arrived.

Then he rode at full speed into the palace alone with the complaint.

But Lu Ci Qiu couldn't stay in the mansion for a moment, so he was waiting at the Dali Temple. As soon as there was any news about Lu Zhixing, he would be the first to know.

Time passed particularly slowly at this moment, so slowly that Lu Ci Qiu felt that time was deceiving him. He felt that Lu Zhixing had been gone for a long time, but there was still no news. Ren Hongbo knew that he was nervous and kept comforting him, but it was of no use.

Guan Wende was watching secretly from the side and felt something was wrong. He wanted to secretly inform the prince, but he was stopped before he even left the gate of Dali Temple.

"Master Guan, please stay here with us and wait." Ren Hongbo looked at him and said.

He knew exactly what Guan Wende was going to do, so before Lu Zhixing left, he specifically told him to keep an eye on Guan Wende and not let him tip off others, in order to avoid leaking secrets and allowing Li Boming to get the news and move people away in advance.

If we are going to catch him, we have to catch him in the act so that he cannot refute it.

Lu Zhixing rode a horse and galloped towards the Dali Temple with the imperial edict in his hand. At this moment, he seemed to be full of light in Lu Ci Qiu's eyes. Many years later, Lu Ci Qiu would still recall this scene. He felt that he seemed to be influenced by Lu Zhixing at this moment, so he made that series of actions later.