Golden Stage

The layout of the Qingxu temple is similar to that of the ordinary Taoist temple. The building is symmetrical about the central axis. The main hall is the Sanqing hall, which is dedicated to the statues of the Sanqing.The scale of the entire temple is not too large, but it is better than the verdant trees and the winding paths leading to secluded places, creating a quiet world in the mundane world.

Du Leng pushed Fu Shen slowly on the uneven stone road, like two most ordinary pilgrims.Fei Longwei had already searched the courtyard from inside to outside, and Fu Shen couldn't find anything, he just used this place to think about things.In fact, he still has a doubt in his heart, which he has never said to outsiders, but it sinks heavily in his heart all the time.

On the second day of his marriage to Yan Xiaohan, Yu Qiaoting sent him a box of blood-stained Dongzhu.

Fu Shen asked him to take it away and deal with it, but he never forgot about it.Any details related to the Zhe people are not trivial. This old opponent has always been watching him fiercely, seemingly Anshun, but secretly sharpening his minions, dormant and waiting for the chance of a fatal blow.

The fact that Fu Shen dismissed the commander of the Northern Yan Army and returned to Beijing to recuperate his wounds undoubtedly gave them hope, and they even dared to take this opportunity to boldly step forward to test it out, but they haven't done it for a long time. I'm afraid they still suspect that this is a joint effort by the kings and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Bureau.

The Beiyan iron cavalry was by no means unprepared. The only thing that made Fu Shen uneasy was that he didn't know how many stalkers the Zhe people had in Beijing. Was there any action behind the murder of the Jinwu Guard and the assassination of the Longevity Banquet?Is the box of Dongzhu a pure provocation, or a hint of something?

Dongzhu is an extremely precious kind of jewelry in the Zhe people. Apart from paying tribute to Da Zhou, within their own clan, only the wife and mother of the leader, that is, the so-called empress dowager in the Central Plains, is eligible to wear it.Therefore, most Zhe people use Dongzhu to refer to the queen, and the queen happened to have an accident on the day of the Longevity Banquet. Is this just a coincidence?

If you think about it in a general way, Jindan and Dongzhu are similar in shape, which is also very suspicious; and the name of Dongzhu has "Dong", does it imply that Donggong is the most damaged in this matter?

After thinking wildly all the way, the wheelchair seemed to have run over a small stone. Fu Shen jolted a bit, recovered from his contemplation, looked up, and asked suspiciously, "Where is this?"

Du Leng said awkwardly: "I don't know, I seem to be lost..."

"It's really good enough," Fu Shen sneered, and pointed casually, "Just walk around, the yard is only this big, and you can walk out with your eyes closed. Is there a small building in front of you?"

Du Leng was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to fart, he pushed Fu Shen over there without saying a word.The two stopped in front of the small three-story building. Fu Shen pursed his lips with great interest, and wondered, "The scripture building? It's so far away."

They had already walked through many palaces, and even though Fu Shen lost his mind halfway, he could guess that they were probably in some corner of the Qingxu Temple.This scripture building is located in a remote location, far away from the wing rooms where the Taoists live, and is hidden behind a large forest. It seems that there are few people there, and it is very hard to find - will anyone really come here to read scriptures?

"Go in and have a look."

Du Leng carried Fu Shen and the wheelchair up the steps with great difficulty, panting from exhaustion: "I can't get in, the door is locked."

Fu Shen went over to take a look, and said, "Small idea." He flipped his palms and took out a small knife out of nowhere, and broke the copper lock on the door with two or three strokes.Raising his hand and pushing, the two wooden doors suddenly opened, and a smell of old paper mixed with dust came blowing in his face.

Du Leng: "..."

Fu Shen's hands were so fast that Du Leng didn't even see his movements clearly. The heavy brass lock was like a gadget in his palm.

The most important thing is...he is a patient, why can he just take out a knife casually!

Dust was everywhere in the bookstore, and Du Leng moved the wheelchair across the threshold again and again.Yijie Langzhong is really not like those warriors who can easily carry Lord Hou up to the second floor.

"Forget it, close the door." Fu Shen couldn't bear it anymore, stood up while supporting the handrail, "I'd better go by myself."

His injury is really very delicate, his knee bones are completely shattered, his tendons are damaged, but he won't be unable to stand up, as long as he takes good care of him, there is hope of recovery in the future.However, in a short period of time, he really couldn't walk as usual. Even if his wound healed, he couldn't stay on the front line for a long time like when he was healthy.

The situation was embarrassing because the emperor had the eyeliner in the army, and the news of Fu Shen's injury could not be concealed, so the emperor immediately ordered him to return to Beijing to recuperate.Fu Shen knew that he was afraid of him, but he didn't expect to be so impatient.It is even more impossible for him to tell the emperor that he is expected to recover, otherwise he may not survive a month in the capital.

He could only do what he could, making the injury more serious, and putting his life first.The crippled appearance was all for the emperor to see. Fu Shen's bones were almost healed, so it was no problem to stand up and walk for a while, but usually he had to put on a show in front of people, and he couldn't show his feet.

Du Leng knew his real situation. In order to pretend to be lame, he also prepared a pair of pills for Fu Shen. After taking it, he could make his legs weak and lose consciousness.The effect was outstanding, even Shen Yuce was fooled by them.

Du Leng turned around and closed the door, and said worriedly: "Slow down, you haven't walked much recently, you may fall. Does your leg still hurt?"

"It's a little bit, it's okay." Fu Shen carefully found his balance, and walked slowly through the bookshelves standing on the wall, "No one has been here for a long time, and no one has cleaned it, but the steps at the door are very clean. People often leave, which is strange.”

Du Leng pushed the wheelchair and followed behind him. Fu Shen went up to the second floor and turned around again. Seeing that they were all tattered books, he put them back uninterestedly. When he reached the end of the room, he suddenly said softly, "Hmm." ?” There was a sound.

Du Leng didn't understand, so Fu Shen walked back and forth in the room a few times, frowned and said, "Go downstairs."

The two returned to the first floor, still walking back and forth a few times, Fu Shen knocked on the four walls one by one a few times with his fingers.Seeing that his brows were deeply furrowed, Du Leng couldn't help asking: "General, what's wrong?"

"Something is wrong." Fu Shen said, "Don't you feel it? The rooms on the second floor seem to be bigger than those on the first floor."

Du Leng shook his head blankly.

Fu Shen said: "You count how many steps it takes to walk from the door to this wall, and then go to the second floor and walk along the same route."

Sure enough, Du Leng walked once as he said, and ran down from the second floor in a short while, with a look of shock on his face, he said: "There is at least one more step on the second floor! Could it be..."*

Fu Shen held up a finger, making a gesture of silence.

He ordered in a low voice: "You go to General Wei, ask him to bring a few people with him, and bring some wet firewood..."*

Inside the Punishment Department of Bei Prison.

Taoist Priest Chunyang hasn't said a word so far, Yan Xiaohan and Tang Guo spent almost a whole day in the torture chamber in order to get a confession.Someone came in hurriedly from outside and said a few words to Yan Xiaohan in a low voice.

"Understood." Yan Xiaohan turned to Tang Guo and said, "Doctor Shen has something to ask for me, just wait and see, I'll go out for a while."

Tang Guo's eyes lit up when he heard the word "Mr. Shen", and then he realized that there was nothing wrong with him, so he nodded indifferently.Yan Xiaohan raised his chin and pointed at the prisoner who was hanging in the cell, and said again: "It may have something to do with him, take it easy, don't beat him to death."

The North Prison is only a few steps away from the Feilongweizhangyuan. As soon as Yan Xiaohan entered, Shen Yuce swept over like a whirlwind: "My lord! It's Qingxu Temple! Those who died of horse wind, including Yang Hexuan , It's not that they don't have an intersection, these people have all been to Qingxu Temple!"

"Wha..." Yan Xiaohan startled him, "What did you say? Slow down, start from the beginning, what's going on?"

Shen Yuce's face flushed red with excitement: "I have been trying to find out what the package of medicine on Yang Hexuan's body was for the past few days, so I visited the homes of the deceased one by one. Although they lived scattered in the city, But if you compare them on the map, you can see that their residences are connected to form a circle, and the center is the area of ​​Qingxuguan."

He spread out a map of the capital, and motioned Yan Xiaohan to look at the ink markings on it.

"Qingxu Temple has a reputation of being efficacious, and the incense is strong. There are countless people coming and going on festivals and auspicious days. Naturally, no one will notice that these people have all appeared in the same place. I asked the family of the deceased, and those people really did it every once in a while. After a period of time, I will go to the Qingxu temple to offer incense, and often donate some incense money. When these people have headaches and brain fever, they will go to the temple to ask for the talisman water pill, and after taking it, the medicine will be cured—it is true The elixir, and what do we doctors do? It is obvious that those people are addicted, and they can only get the medicine by going to the Qingxu Contemplation."

Shen Yice said: "Because the palace respected immortality, the common people also worshiped it, so no one took it seriously. Qingxu Temple took advantage of this trend to secretly resell strange medicines. Not to mention Yang Hexuan, pure Daoist Yang was recommended by his father."

Yan Xiaohan stared at the map and pondered for a moment, then said decisively: "Go, go to Qingxu Observation."

When he rushed to Qingxu Temple with a few of his subordinates, Yan Xiaohan's right eyelid suddenly twitched uncomfortably when he heard that Fu Shen and Wei Xuzhou were both inside the scripture building.

An indescribable feeling hit my heart.He didn't have time to think about it, and rushed towards the library with his people, but before he got close, he saw thick smoke billowing into the sky from the front of the building——

"Fu Shen!"

Fu Shen turned his head suddenly, and was facing the "Clumsy Jing" who was rushing towards him with a look of fright and anger.

At the same time, there was a sudden loud bang in the library building filled with smoke, and then the two doors were kicked open from inside, and a black figure rushed out of the room, coughing and coughing, clutching his mouth and nose!

Yan Xiaohan had just rushed up to him, and before he stopped, he saw Fu Shen pull out the saber from his waist like lightning, without even looking at it, he threw it back, the white light like a horse was extremely dazzling, " "Zheng" and nailed the man to the pillar engraved with couplets.

He brought a basin of water and poured it on the smoking wet wood. With a sound of "chi", the flames were extinguished, and the white smoke dispersed, revealing the faces of the people in the courtyard with different expressions.

In the silence, Fu Shen stretched out his hand, took Yan Xiaohan's frightened cold hand into his palm, pulled him and shook him lightly, as if to comfort him, but also with a hint of flattery: "Look, the one who slipped through the net Fish, I caught it for you."

The author has something to say: *1: The step here refers to the ancient measurement unit, which is about 1.5 meters

*2: Through the small size of the room, it is found that there is a mezzanine in the room, and the person hidden in the mezzanine is forced out by igniting the fire. This method is designed from Conan Doyle Holmes' detective story collection "Norwood's Architect".The design of the mezzanine in this article is the same as that of "Norwood's Architect", but "Norwood" followed up by pretending to be on fire. This article uses the smoked cave method commonly used in ancient times. There will be a reasonable explanation for this in the next chapter. The detailed design is similar to "Norwood" "Nuo" is also different.In order to avoid plagiarism disputes, hereby explain.