Song Chi immediately looked away and said with a smile, "Didn't the master not concentrate on chanting the scriptures, and was he distracted on the lower body?"

Master Fang Wu clapped his hands together and said "Amitabha", his eyes were calm: "The benefactor can look at it a hundred times, and the result cannot be changed."

Song Chi simply stood up from the futon, "The result is the result, and the state of mind is the state of mind." Even if you know that you can't change it, don't you pay attention?

Finally, two people came out of the side hall, a monk and a scribe.

Song Shentong came from Master Kuwu, his face black as coal.

Master Ku Wu said: "The poor monk will tell the donor Song the complete guidance of the signed document. You can escape the death calamity, but the life calamity is still there."

People in Xiyue Prefecture don't respect the state religion very much, and heretics gather all over the county.

Song Shentong appreciates Buddhist scriptures, and is a pair of good friends with Master Fang Wu of Huanghua Temple.Master Fang Wu's younger brother, Master Ku Wu, has returned from traveling around the world, and is proficient in divination and ordering.

Song Chi visited Huanghua Temple with his father, and Master Kuwu expressed his willingness to make a fortune teller for him.When the result came out, he pulled Song Shentong to talk for a long time.

Although they didn't know what they said, Song Chi and Song Shentong returned home, the latter called him to the study, and suddenly let him go, allowing him to leave Xiyue and find his own future.

Song Chi didn't believe in life and death.His father has been taboo about these things recently, and finally changed his mind because of this, which is really speechless.

"You are away from home, be careful, don't be in a hurry to make contributions..." When Song Shentong was an official, he saw many people who changed their ambitions due to youthful setbacks, so he couldn't help nagging and talking more.

Song Chi smiled and cupped his hands: "Thank you, father, for your reminder."

"Your uncle has a student named Cheng Cuo, who teaches in Gongyuan County, Daozhou Prefecture, and is well-known. This time you go out, you can go to live with him for a while, and then go north after you understand the outside situation."

Song Shentong packed the letter and the package into a package and handed it to Song Chi.

The day of leaving home was approaching, looking at the aging faces of my parents, I couldn't help but feel sad, so I stayed at home for another three days.

Three days later, Song Chi rolled up the picture of the boy in his dream and took it with him. He went ashore by boat, and set off on his horse to leave Xiyue Mansion alone.

On that side, Pei Ziguang was deeply troubled.

Pei Ziguang is about 35 years old, his family has a wife and children, a son and a daughter, and another younger brother named Pei Jie.

Pei Jie has just turned [-] this year, and has not yet been recommended to be an official in the imperial court, nor does he have any intention of joining the National Teacher's Office as a teaching minister.In addition to socializing with a group of dog friends, he practiced martial arts diligently, and his boxing skills are very good.Pei Ziguang originally planned to find a job for his younger brother in the middle of the capital, but he was young and had to do his job properly, so the job of entering the palace to investigate cases fell on his head.

Although he is an excellent teacher, upright and responsible, it does not mean that he is willing to swim in the muddy waters of the royal family.After the investigation of this case, a group of people will definitely be offended.I can't live well in the future.

After the morning court, Pei Ziguang told his wife about this, immediately hired a carriage, packed up half of the family's gold and silver, and sent his wife, children and younger brother back to his hometown in the south.

He was born in Wubao Town, Gongyuan County, Daozhou Prefecture, a mountain away from Xiyue Prefecture.

The wife is determined to advance and retreat with him and to stay.Helpless, Pei Jie was the only one who went back in the end.

In the early morning of the next day, Pei Ziguang walked into Xiaguang Gate, which is the west gate of the Dachen Palace, with a solemn expression and dressed in court uniform.

Da Chen's judgment on the facts of the case is mostly decided by the Suoya, and the case is also placed in the Suoya.Therefore, when Pei Ziguang and his entourage went to meet Empress Qian, they bumped into Da Suo Ya Tan Ming outside her palace.

"Lord Pei."

Tan Ming called him to stop and nodded.

Da Suo Ya should come forward. This time, His Majesty bypassed Tan Ming and handed over the task of investigating the case to a young supervisor, which was against the rules.

Pei Ziguang was a little guilty, and respectfully returned the gift.

"I pay homage to Da Suo Ya."

"Your Majesty ordered you to find out about Concubine Qian's miscarriage?"

"The Great Suoya Mingjian."

"The case is at my place. I heard that Mr. Pei is here today, so I brought it here."

As he spoke, Tan Ming's followers held up a volume of documents and presented them to Pei Ziguang.

"Thank you!"

Pei Ziguang was overjoyed, he didn't expect Tan Ming to cooperate so much, no wonder the outside world rumored that he was stern and selfless.

"Concubine Qian is so hurt that she has already refused to see outsiders."

After Tan Ming finished speaking, he lost a few more sentences:

"The most difficult thing to investigate is always people's hearts. I heard that Mr. Pei has never tolerated innocent people being wronged. However, the fault is not his own. It is also said in the book that he takes care of the overall situation."

The meaning of this passage is rather cryptic, Pei Ziguang could tell that he was advising himself not to be too persistent in finding out the truth, but to be wise and protect himself.

"There are wives, children and younger brothers at home, so why not..."

Pei Ziguang shook his head.

Tan Ming turned his head and glanced in the direction of Yungong, and walked away without wasting words.

Chaoyun Palace?

Pei Ziguang, who didn't know much about the harem, felt tense.

That was Queen Lin's bedroom.

Is the involvement really so extensive?

Generally, it is not the turn of the courtiers to hear matters concerning empresses and concubines. Concubine Qian is involved in the agreement between the two countries, and the miscarriage matter is full of doubts. After the incident, the news spread out early, which aroused public discussion.

"Go and see the wagon."

Holding the file in hand, Pei Ziguang sent two attendants to check the carriage.Concubine Qian didn't see any guests, so she could only start with physical evidence.

Half an hour later, the attendant reported: "There is no trace of fighting on the carriage, everything is normal, there is a slight blood stain on the board, and it has been cleaned."

After thinking about it, Pei Ziguang said: "It should be that the person in charge feels unlucky."

This statement is relatively reluctant, and what is more credible is that there are people in the palace who have ghosts in their hearts.Miscarriage bleeding profusely, blood staining the entire floor, definitely unpleasant.

The entourage who checked the lower part of the carriage found something else: "Although there are no signs of fighting, the wheels are seriously damaged, which is not normal. It looks like a rock..."

Pei Ziguang was reading the file that Tan Ming handed him.

After watching the whole incident, there is only one sentence for outsiders:

In April, Qian Ruchunshan prayed for blessings, and the horse was startled and had a miscarriage.

Since the horse was frightened, causing the body to shake violently and the concubine had a miscarriage, the focus was naturally on the horse.

Why is the horse frightened?There is no record in the case records that Ma Zao was disposed of by the palace people after the riot.

As for the serious damage to the wheels, it was also written in the case file.There are many masters in the Holy See of the State Church, and there are many who have been assassins. They recognize this trace, which is a commonly used car trap and stone formation.

There are specialists in charge of every road in Dachen. Now that something happened, it is not difficult to find someone to hold him accountable.But is this really Stonehenge?Concubine Qian denied it.

According to the case file, Concubine Qian said that although the carriage was turbulent due to rocks along the way, the horse was not frightened by it.

The clues are a bit broken here.

Pei Ziguang looked down.The coachman, maidservants and palace servants were all imprisoned in the interrogation department of the palace. One of the coachmen, as early as when the case happened, fell down the hillside with his frightened horse and fell to his death.

Because it fell to pieces, there was no way to check the cause.The other coachman killed him because his family was poor, he took money from others, and murdered Concubine Qian.

The other palace servants who accompanied her all agreed and said yes.

"Both of you go to the houses of the two coachmen to have a look."

"As ordered."

Pei Ziguang went out of the palace and went straight to Chunshan Mountain, a road commonly used to pray for blessings. The mountain road is rugged, but there are not many stones.

"I'm afraid it's really a hidden stone formation."

With a serious expression, he ordered his subordinates to search the nearby grass on a large scale.

Not far from where the horses were frightened, there was a strange clearing that had been recently burnt.

"Someone destroyed the traces of the fight."

Concubine Qian couldn't tell a lie, so why didn't she meet this group of people?Or are the fighters not coming for the neutron in their belly?

Pei Ziguang's head twitched.

Concubine Qian's son is so important to the relationship between the two countries, why didn't more people be sent to protect it?If the hidden guards and assassins were fighting here, it would make sense.

What kind of behind-the-scenes mastermind dared to send assassins to murder the imperial concubine?

This matter is by no means as simple as fighting with concubines in the harem.

So someone colluded with foreign assassins?Who the hell!

Pei Ziguang only felt that the cloud was shrouded, there was a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, and his back was cold.

After returning to the palace, the two followers had already returned.

One person said: "The surviving coachman and his family disappeared more than ten days ago. The neighbors said that they returned to their hometown in the east."

Another person said: "The family members of the dead coachman were all there. I told them about this, but they were evasive and refused to answer. Finally, I coerced one of them, and his wife said that some time ago his youngest son was killed. Mysterious people took her away and haven’t brought her back so far, her husband was forced to contact those people.”

"Oh?"

This is completely different from what Pei Ziguang thought.He originally thought that a coachman was bribed to murder Concubine Qian, but judging from the situation, it seemed that both of them were involved.

So did the coachman who survived know about the actions of the other person early and sent his family away to avoid being involved?If the dead one was the mastermind, he would not consider his own life or death, how could he fall to his death?

Pei Ziguang couldn't figure out a bunch of doubts.

Since he was ordered to enter the palace to investigate the case, the truth has not been revealed for a day, and he needs to live in a corner of the palace.

In the night, Pei Ziguang wrote the doubtful points into the original file.In this way, even if you are incompetent and cannot find out, others can refer to it.

After writing, he blew out the candle and went to bed to rest.

The night was dark, and in his sleep, Pei Ziguang suddenly felt a pair of hands patting his head, so he could only wake up.

Looking at the head of the bed again, I was horrified.

The one who slapped the head just now was a scrawny old palace maid who was neither human nor ghost.

"How did you get in here! Someone!" Pei Ziguang jumped out of bed, before he could put on his robe, he lit a candle to light up the room.

"Don't be afraid, my lord. This old slave is just too impatient. Hearing that you are entering the palace to investigate the case today, I have been waiting in this courtyard for a long time."

Under the candlelight, the old servant girl's face was like the wrinkled surface of an old tree branch, her eyes were cloudy, her teeth were almost gone, and she was out of breath after speaking just one sentence, obviously her life span was not long.

"who are you?"

"My lord, please stop your men outside the door..."

Pei Ziguang's initial sense of fear dissipated, and seeing that she was not threatening, he said that it was related to the case, so he did so and asked his followers to wait outside.

The old servant girl then continued: "If others come to investigate, this old slave will definitely not dare to come and look for it. My lord, do you remember this old slave? This old slave once nursed Mr. Zhang..."

When she said this, Pei Ziguang looked around carefully before calling out in disbelief: "Nurse Hu?"

"It's an old slave. Fortunately, my lord still knows it." Hu Momo immediately wiped away her old tears.

Pei Ziguang was still in shock, and sat down on the stool. It has been several years since he saw that the nanny Hu, who was serving the teacher Zhang Miao, turned into such a look.

"Why are you in the palace?" Pei Ziguang came back to his senses and helped Nanny Hu to sit down.

The other party cried: "My lord, this old slave came from a respectable family. After his younger brother was successful, he ransomed the old slave back home. The younger brother of the old slave has a young daughter who was adopted by Jiang Xing's family since she was a child. Later, she was sent to the palace and was honored to serve His Majesty and became a little beauty. My niece had no one to rely on in the palace, knowing that I was a maidservant in the palace in the early years, so she called me to give me some pointers..."

"Hui Mei?"

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