And this one happened to be the one next to Xu Zun's inn.
"I know, I know... after so many years, you are the only one who still remembers Yuyao," said a middle-aged woman with a plump figure and coquettishly dressed, "I never thought you could still find me here!"
The middle-aged woman who spoke is the young lady of Qunfangyuan. There are differences between Jiaofangsi and Hualou. Here they focus on entertainment, while Hualou highlights the style.
Therefore, the person in charge of Jiaofangsi is called Yao Niang, not "nanny".
The reason why Xu Zun and others found this place is because this girl knew one of the victims of the case of the corpse in monk's clothes, a woman named Yuyao.
"Yes," Yao Niang said without any pretense and directly told Xu Zun the answer he wanted, "Yu Yao did give birth to a child before she was killed!
"Alas, peach blossoms have a bad life, and their lives are not harmonious." Yao Niang seemed to be in painful memories, "Who of the worldly women like us can decide our own destiny?"
"In that case..." Zhao Yu wondered, "Why do you still need to give birth?"
"Alas!" Yao Niang sighed, "Like many infatuated sisters, Yuyao met a man who promised to redeem her life.
"After we had flesh and blood, we all tried to persuade her, but she was willing to believe that man.
"Finally...heh..."
This wry smile expressed endless sadness.
"That child..." Xu Zun asked, "was it given away? To whom?"
"It's a gift to a monk, where else can I give it to?" Yao Niang replied, "I remember that in order to cut off Yuyao's thoughts, the nanny at the time sent the child to a very far away temple.
"If the child was still alive, he would be a teenager by now, right?"
really……
Xu Zun nodded secretly. It seemed that his guess was good. The monk's robe case ten years ago was also due to this reason.
After Yuyao gave away her child, she went to Huguo Temple every year to burn incense and pray for the child she had given away.
Perhaps it was because she devoted herself to repenting, or perhaps because she was discussing it with others, that Lian Kong finally heard about her story, which led to a fatal disaster.
"Although our Hualou girls are of low life,..." Unexpectedly, remembering the sad events of ten years ago, Yao Niang shed tears, "That crazy monk couldn't take her life like this!
"I heard that the monk lived happily in prison for several years before he was finally beheaded! It was so easy for him!"
"Let me ask you," Xu Zun asked, "after Yuyao was murdered, did you mention to the police that Yuyao had given birth to a child?"
"No? It seems..." Yao Niang recalled carefully, shook her head and said, "They didn't ask, right? If they don't ask about this kind of thing, what are we doing?
"Besides, if the crazy monk kills people, does it have anything to do with whether Yao Niang has a child or not?"
"Yes, yes..." In order not to make her suspicious, Xu Zun had no choice but to ignore it.
After coming out of Qunfang Courtyard, Xu Zun's speculation became clearer. Lian Kong's statement about the sin of reincarnation in the past was just a change of target.
The real reason he killed people was because these women gave birth to children out of wedlock and gave them to the temple to be raised.
However, Xu Zun is still not sure whether Lian Kong is really the murderer?
Logically speaking, Lian Kong was probably a child who was sent to a temple and raised by monks.
Therefore, it is reasonable for the abnormality in his heart to cause him to have murderous thoughts.
However, now that the monk's robe case has reappeared, it is obvious that something was omitted back then.
It is also possible that Lian Kong confessed to protect someone!
Who to protect?
Thinking of this, Xu Zun immediately thought of Lian Kong's age. When the crime was committed, Lian Kong was already in his fifties.
If he is not the real murderer, but just wants to protect someone, then this person must be his close relative.
Poor Sora with no relatives or friends, who could this person be...?
Is it possible...
Just when they thought of this, Xu Zun and the others had already arrived at the door of the inn where they lived.
The inn they stayed in was called Jinde, and it was considered an above-average inn in Shangyuan City.
Unexpectedly, when the three of them looked towards the door of the inn, they saw two waves of familiar people.
One was Xu Zun's steward Liu Dong, but he saw Liu Dong carrying a wine jar on his shoulders and was about to carry it into the inn.
The other group of people were the servants of the Changping Marquis Mansion. They were surrounding a very luxurious carriage, as if they were waiting for someone.
"Liu Dong?" Zhao Yu stepped forward and asked doubtfully, "Where did you get such a jar of wine? You're not hiding it from the adults again, are you?"
"This..." Liu Dong's face tightened, and he said with unusual embarrassment, "I bought this good wine from Taixian Tower on Master Xu's order!"
"What, Taixian Tower?" Zhao Yu frowned and turned to look at Xu Zun.
"Well, not bad," Xu Zun said with a smile, "I went to a banquet at Taixian Tower the day before yesterday. I found the wine there was delicious, so I asked Liu Dong to buy a jar. What, is there a problem?"
"No...no..." Zhao Yu's eyes widened and he swallowed greedily, "Master Xu is so elegant. When...when the case is over, can you give me a reward as well?"
"Don't tell me," Huo Anu also looked at the wine jar with envy, "that wine is really delicious, and it has a completely different taste from the wine from our Western Regions..."
"No problem, haha..." Xu Zun smiled and asked Liu Dong, "Liu Dong, this is the Marquis's carriage. Is there anyone looking for me?"
"Um……"
"Master Xu," who knew that the coachman heard Xu Zun's question and immediately came forward and saluted, "My Miss Lu is looking for you. She just went in with Daochang Wei. Let me call them out!"
oh?
Lu Mingyue?
Xu Zun frowned slightly, but he didn't expect Lu Xiaomei to find the inn.
"Brother Xu?" As a result, before the coachman entered the house, Lu Mingyue's silver bell-like voice came from the door, "I found you!"
The next second, Lu Mingyue, dressed in beautiful red clothes, was seen running out of the inn, followed by Taoist priest Wei Bei.
Nowadays, there are frequent crimes in Shangyuan City, and all of them involve young women, so Wei Beihui's identity has changed from a nursing home to Miss Lu's personal bodyguard.
Because of this, Wei Beihui still looked helpless and listless.
"Mingyue," Xu Zun asked hurriedly, "why are you here?"
"Fortunately we didn't go upstairs," Lu Mingyue happily ran to Xu Zun and said kindly, "I came to discuss important matters with you!"
"This..." Xu Zun first gestured to Liu Dong and asked Liu Dong to carry the wine jar in, and then asked Lu Mingyue, "What's the big deal?"
"Of course it's Lu Xiaofeng's business," Lu Mingyue pulled Xu Zun to the side with fewer people and said, "Brother Xu, we discussed it after we went back yesterday and decided to go to the northern suburbs to check it out today!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun thought for a moment and asked, "How to check?"
"We have checked that there is only one official road leading to Wude City in the north of Shangyuan City. There are at least five or six Taoist temples on this official road. We want to check today to see if the people in these Taoist temples have seen Lu Xiaofeng's family.
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"This... little sister," Xu Zun said worriedly, "this is too dangerous! We must bring enough people to do it!"
"I know that without conclusive evidence, your government will not send troops," Lu Mingyue said, "So, I just went to investigate first. As long as I find problems, I will come back and report to you, and then send troops. How about
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"You..." Xu Zun was even more worried, "Does the Marquis agree? This is not a child's play!"
"My dad knows, don't worry, don't worry!" When Lu Mingyue spoke, his eyes averted, he was clearly lying...
