Chapter 53 Since you don't say it, someone will say it for you
The courtyard was too small, so Jiang asked the temple for a remote hall to review the matter. The abbot agreed, and this morning he had the hall empty and asked monks to guard the door.
Don't let outsiders in.
The people at Yunzhong Temple don't want anyone to know about this.
Firstly, they were afraid that if word got out that people would think Yunzhong Temple was unsafe and they would not come here in the future. Secondly, the matter also involved collusion between the monks of Yunzhong Temple and others, which would damage the reputation of Yunzhong Temple.
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Thirdly, this matter is related to the Xie family of the Changning Marquis Mansion, and there is pressure from Rong Guogong Mansion behind them. Yunzhong Temple cannot offend any of them and can only cooperate.
Last night, the Zhou family sent people down the mountain to invite the Marquis of Changning and the Second Master Gu. This morning, they came with their people. They had arrived at the mountain not long ago. The Jiang family told the matter to the Marquis of Changning, and the Marquis of Changning also insisted.
To check.
He was abducted and trafficked when he was young, and he suffered from internal fights in the house. He never expected such dark and vicious things to happen in his house.
It’s okay for young men and women at home to quarrel in private, but this kind of harmful behavior cannot be tolerated.
Mr. Gu had no room to speak.
Today's trial, except for a few young masters and the Sun family, all the other masters of the Changning Marquis Mansion are here. The Xie family has Mrs. Xie, Second Master Xie and Xie Yu. The abbot of Yunzhong Temple is also listening with his people.
Xie Yizhen was the presiding judge. After the group sat down, someone brought Zhao Shui and Gu Xiang up.
Gu Xiang had not changed his clothes for two days, and the hem of his clothes were a little dirty, but his face was clean and he faced everyone without a face, and his hair was neatly combed in the morning.
Comparatively speaking, Teru Shui was in a very embarrassed state. When she woke up that day, she wanted to seek death. Fortunately, she had someone around her to watch her at all times, so she failed.
It fell into Xie Yizhen's hands last night, and he didn't know what happened. Now his body was trembling, and he felt scared even when he looked up.
Gu Xiang straightened his back and stiffened his neck, still looking determined not to bow his head.
She said: "Mr. Xie, you are the young minister of Dali Temple. You have always been fair and strict. You must not wrongly accuse good people indiscriminately. Please be sure to clear my name."
Jiang's expression turned bad immediately, and Marquis Changning scolded him: "Axiang, Mr. Xie is naturally the most just person. If everything has nothing to do with you, he will naturally clear your grievances."
How could it be said that the dignified young minister of Dali Temple was colluding with others to frame her up?
Gu Xiang saw that Marquis Chang Ning looked unhappy and did not dare to say anything more.
Xie Yizhen said: "What the Marquis said is right. If Miss Gu Er is wronged, Xie will definitely clear your name. Miss Gu Er, please tell us the cause and effect, and everyone will listen together."
Gu Xiang finally felt relieved after receiving Xie Yizhen's words.
She said: "On the day the incident happened, I put a lotus lantern in the Lotus Hall. On that day and the day before, I went to the lotus lantern to ask for lotus lanterns. If you don't believe me, the monks in the hall can testify."
A monk stood up and said, "It is indeed true. This female benefactor put a lotus lantern in the Lotus Hall that night."
Xie Yizhen asked her: "Then why is your maid not by your side?"
Gu Xiang said: "She originally went with me, but then she said she had a stomachache and went back. As for what happened next, I don't know anything about it. I have no enmity with my cousin, and she helped me, and I
How could those ungrateful people harm her?"
Xie Yizhen asked her again: "Has your maid behaved in any suspicious manner these days?"
Gu Xiang thought for a while, but couldn't remember anything suspicious. He shook his head and said, "I don't know."
The tea cup in Mrs. Xie's hand shook the table gently, and she felt ridiculous: "You don't know? Then what else do you know?"
Gu Xiang bit his lip and did not dare to speak.
"Toroshui, what you said is that your girl ordered you to do everything out of jealousy and eradication of dissidents. Is this true?"
Zhao Shui knelt on the ground and said yes when he heard the words, his body trembling a little.
Xie Yizhen asked her: "Then what did she order you? Please tell me carefully."
Zhao Shui said: "The second girl asked me to invite my cousin to come over. She also said that if my cousin refuses, she will say that she is not very good. My cousin is soft-hearted and will definitely come to see her."
Xie Yizhen asked her: "Then why did you take her there? Did someone tell you? Did you ask her to go there?"
Zhao Shui said: "The second girl told this slave."
Ming Jing said: "When you took us there, it didn't look like it was the first time you walked there. You just kept your head down and walked away."
A monk stood up and said: "That road leads to the courtyard where the monks live in the temple. The entrance is a side door, which is not easy to find. If you hadn't walked by it yourself, you would definitely not have found it."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Shui changed his mind and said, "It was the second girl who took the slave through. Only then did the slave know that, yes, that day, that day, the second girl took the slave through."
"Lies!" Xie Yizhen said, "On the day the incident occurred, Miss Gu Er was praying for a lotus lantern in the Lotus Hall. You were there too. How could she take you through that road?"
If you ask for a lotus lantern, you need to recite the prayer sutra seven or forty-nine times to get one.
The prayer scripture is not very long, but it is not too short either. Gu Xiang went to the Lotus Hall in the afternoon to ask for a lotus lantern. She wanted to ask for this lantern. She had to go at night and the whole next day.
, otherwise she would not be able to ask for a light in such a short period of time.
She simply didn't have time to lead Terusui this way.
A monk from the Lotus Hall stood up and said: "These two donors will be in the Lotus Hall on the afternoon and evening of the 14th, and the whole day of the 15th."
"The young monk was guarding the hall and remembered it most clearly. The girl also asked Mrs. Chang Ning which hall she was in. After learning about it, the two of them went to another hall to chant sutras."
Lotus Hall is the name of the main hall, and there are several halls in it. Gu Xiang deliberately avoided the Zhou family, Gu Ying and Gu Yan, and always looked for a hall where they were not present.
Zhao Shui lowered his head, not daring to speak for a moment.
Xie Yizhen said: "Since you don't say it, someone will say it for you, come and bring the person up."
As soon as he finished speaking, two warrior monks came in holding down a monk in gray robes. They pushed the man down and knelt down. Zhao Shui raised his eyes and looked at him with horror on his face.
Xie Yizhen said: "If this person is not enough, I will bring you a few more people and bring them all up."
Zhao Shui looked back and saw guards escorting a middle-aged man and woman in. Zhao Shui finally panicked: "Mom and dad, why are you here? Why are you here?"
Terusui's father was escorted forward. When the guard let go, he slapped Terusui angrily: "You unfilial daughter, you piece of shit!"
"Where's the money? We agreed to bring the money back?!"
"If you don't get the money back, they will break your eldest brother's legs!"