I have a book to play

After Sun Peng's voice fell, everyone in the outer study room stared round as if they had been hit by a thunderbolt on the ground.

The old man has been a senior official for many years, and is also a veteran of the court. No matter how the world falls outside, he can always remain calm.However, at this time, the old man's expression was not very good. "Shichiro! Say it again?"

The old man's gaze was very sharp, Sun Peng frowned, straightened his waist, and repeated what he said just now: "The crown prince secretly set up a temple for prostitution outside the capital. Girls, only for the enjoyment of themselves and others. This matter involves a lot, but if you let it go, I'm afraid that more innocent girls will be trapped."

The third uncle Sun Junqing came to his senses, got up immediately and said: "Everyone outside the gate, leave the courtyard gate!"

The concubine who served the old man on weekdays was only standing about ten feet outside the door of the outer study. Hearing the voice from inside the study, he immediately led everyone out of the courtyard door.For a moment, outside the study room, there was only the sound of insects chirping at night.

Seeing that the servants had dispersed outside the door, Sun Junqing let out a long breath, turned around and said, "Everyone has already gone out."

The old man stroked his beard, nodded slightly, his eyes were piercing, he did not look like an old man at all: "Qilang, how did you know about this?"

It is impossible for Sun Peng to tell them that all this is what he has experienced in his own life. After thinking about it, he has mixed feelings in his mind: "The grandson also heard the prince say that by accident. The prince is very powerful. , if you want to investigate, relying on your grandson alone is not enough."

The old man pondered for a while, and then asked: "How sure are you that this matter is true?"

Sun Peng was silent.In the outer study, everyone looked at him.His words were destined to bind the entire Sun Mansion together.

"Nine percent."

In fact, it should be ten percent.However, Sun Peng knew nothing about Baoying's four years, that the crown prince's privately set up a prostitution temple was exposed to the world, and in order to shirk responsibility, he pushed all the things to himself who had unintentionally helped him, which caused the Sun's family to be implicated tragically. Know.

"Ninety percent." The old man raised the corner of his mouth, "Qilang, the life and death of the Sun family are tied together."

"The grandson knows."

"If this matter is true, the impact will be so great that not only the prince alone, but all officials who have contacts with the prince will become objects of suspicion. At that time, the entire capital will be in a state of chaos. Your sister is more likely to be scorned by the prince because of this... "

"But if the grandson doesn't talk about it today, the grandfather will also hide it and not report it. Sister's position as the crown princess can be preserved, and the whole capital can continue to sing and dance, but those who were kidnapped, separated from their families, and lost Chaste, little ladies who have lost their freedom, what should they do?"

When Sun Peng spoke, he suppressed the trembling in his body.

To this day, he still can't figure out what reason Xie Zhang used to shirk the charge of kidnapping the girl and setting up a prostitution shrine to him and the Sun family.

But the tragic death of the Sun family has been deeply embedded in his memory, so much so that since he was reborn, he has hardly had a good night's sleep. As long as he closes his eyes, there will be... all those bright red images.

"In that case," the old man turned his head to look at Sun Junliang, "Go, send someone to investigate secretly, if there is indeed such a thing, collect evidence, and report to His Majesty."

Sun Junliang nodded: "I understand."

Sun Junqing seemed a little worried, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty will really..."

The old man waved his hand, glanced over the crowd, and finally landed on Sun Peng: "This matter involves a lot, and His Majesty is likely to protect the prince after learning about it. But as Qilang said, those little ladies who were harmed innocently Who did you offend to end up in this situation."

"Grandfather..." Sun Peng opened his mouth.

The old man glanced at him: "Qilang, go back and rest."

This means that he should leave first.Sun Peng pursed his lips, clasped his hands, and turned to leave the outer study.

The door was closed, the old man slowly closed his eyes, and sighed: "This child...has finally grown up."

"Sun Jiazi, except for Hachiro, no one is qualified to be a child forever." Sun Junliang looked sideways, looked at the tightly closed door, held the hand of the teacup, and slightly exerted force, "It's just what Qilang said..."

"Check it out. Whether it's true or not, go check it out carefully."

*****

The child in Sun Xian's womb could not be preserved, but her body was recuperated by the imperial physician and gradually recovered.Even so, everyone in the Sun family was still worried about her recent situation.

And since the day of Juju, Xie Zhang didn't go to stay in the room of the other Liangdi Fengyi in the East Palace. It seems that he really listened to Emperor Xihe's words, and except for going to court and discussing government affairs with his subordinates, he stayed with him most of the time. Sun Xian's side.

If Sun Xian's body hadn't fully recovered and she couldn't get out of bed to walk around, in the East Palace, the Crown Prince and Princess Concubine would look completely harmonious in the eyes of others.

Seeing that the birthday of Emperor Xihe was getting closer and closer, and the number of Buddha statues sent to Jingming Temple by temples from all over the country gradually increased. Many people in the capital began to worship Buddha and burn incense in the ancient temple in the mountains outside the city, and divination by the way.

Sun Peng's biological mother passed away early, and now Aunt Feng is handling all matters that should have been handled by his wife.

Seeing that it was rare for Sun Peng to take a rest, and hearing that Sun Xian's health had not yet recovered, Aunt Feng immediately proposed to take Sun Peng and Balang to Jingming Temple to offer incense.As for Sun Junliang, there are still many things to do, so naturally he didn't follow.

Sun Peng only learned about it from Balang the night before his departure, and he lay on the bed for a while without any response.

Balang sat on the footrest, holding the dim sum that Aunt Feng had personally cooked in his hand, while eating, he said, "Brother Seven, don't you want to go?"

Go, why don't you want to go.

Sun Peng buried his face in the quilt and let out a long sigh.

Of course he wanted to go to Jingming Temple, but not with his family.

If you go with Aunt Feng, it will be no different from the previous life.

In his previous life, he also went to Jingming Temple with Aunt Feng. At that time, there was no Buddha statue parade to prepare for Xihe Emperor's birthday. Jingming Temple was just an ancient temple deep in the mountains as usual, and it did not become more popular because of the ex-prince's renunciation.

That time, they also went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha for Sun Xian.

And that day, it seems that something happened——

He picked up a girl who was in a state of distress, and when someone came looking for her, he thought it was the girl's family and returned her.

but……

He seems to be doing it wrong.

That girl, if I guessed correctly...

Sun Peng turned over on the bed, a thought flashed through his mind.

If I didn't guess wrong, that girl actually escaped from Xie Zhang's prostitution temple.And he destroyed her hope with his own hands, and pushed her into the flames again.

This matter has always been kept in Sun Peng's heart, even when he was sitting in the carriage to Jingming Temple the next day, he was still thinking about it.

Hachiro was sitting on the side, the carriage wobbled on the uneven mountain road, and bumped violently without paying attention.Hachiro rolled and fell into Sun Peng's arms.

"Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, is there anything fun in the mountains?"

Sun Peng came back to his senses and thought about it seriously: "There seem to be red and hairy chestnuts in the back mountain." After he finished speaking, he lowered his head, and Hachiro in his arms was already watching eagerly, almost drooling, "Greedy cat, saliva Coming down soon."

"Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, you must take me to find Shanlihong!"

Sun Peng smiled, put his arms around the yelling Balang, and pinched his chubby cheeks twice: "Okay, Brother Seven will take you to find Shanlihong when the time comes."

As he spoke, his eyes became softer, leaning against the wall of the car, he hummed softly twice.

Going to find Xie Chen, and finding some Shanlihong for Balang by the way, doesn't sound like a bad thing.

While speaking, the carriage had already arrived near Jingming Temple.

In the early years, Jingming Temple was built by Emperor Xuanwu, the founding emperor of Dachu, in his later years, with the intention of ensuring the prosperity of Dachu's country for a hundred years.But maybe, it is precisely because of the stable state after a hundred years that Jingming Temple gradually became lonely when the late emperor was alive.

The incense is still there, except that there are no royal offerings.

It wasn't until the sixth year of Yonghui, when the former crown prince Xie Chen was sent to become a monk at Jingming Temple, that it seemed that everyone remembered that Jingming Temple in the deep mountains south of the city was originally an imperial temple.

Hachiro fell asleep holding Brother Seven's sleeve in the swaying carriage, so Sun Peng had no choice but to raise his other arm and raise the curtain to look out.

As spring went and autumn came, the plants and trees in this mountain were obviously not what he had seen in his previous life, but they still brought him a sense of intimacy.

He glanced outside, and the dense trees on both sides of the mountain road could no longer cover the majestic Jingming Temple gate not far away.

It's almost there.

Sun Peng thought, that was the place where he lived for a year, Zen tea, Buddhist incense, and the sound of chanting scriptures, everything was in his heart.

And that man who was supposed to be aloof, but escaped into Buddhism innocently...

Sun Peng withdrew his hand holding the curtain of the car, turned around and saw that Balang was sleeping very soundly, and his saliva was still there, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his nose.

However, the carriage stopped suddenly after not taking a few steps, and after a while, I heard the coachman scolding from in front of the carriage.

"What's going on?" Sun Peng lifted the curtain of the car.

For the Sun residence's trip this time, only Aunt Feng and a few maidservants were among the female family members.The female relative's carriage was behind and was not affected too much, but Sun Peng's carriage, who was walking ahead, was jolted a lot because of a sudden accident. Even Hachiro opened his eyes dazedly while clutching his sleeves.

"Qilang, a little lady suddenly ran out and fell in front of the carriage, which blocked the way."

Gou Qi was sitting in front of the carriage, and saw with his own eyes a little lady who was in a state of embarrassment suddenly rushing out from the side. If the coachman hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands to stop the carriage, he might have bumped into the panicked little lady, and almost caused a big mistake.

Little lady?

Sun Peng's heart tightened, could it be...

Without hesitation, he pulled back the sleeve from Hachiro's hand, and immediately jumped out of the carriage. Sure enough, in front of the horse that was pacing anxiously back and forth, he saw a girl who had fallen to the ground, covered in a mess.

The girl was sitting on the ground, wearing thin clothes that were out of season. There was a large unthreaded place on the shoulders and cuffs, and there were stains everywhere from head to toe.

She was so frightened that she finally came back to her senses and raised her eyes to look at Sun Peng, her eyes were suddenly full of horror.

"This little lady..." Sun Peng bent down and reached out to help her, but the girl suddenly screamed.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Feng obviously heard the movement, got off the carriage and came over to ask.Seeing the terrified face of the girl on the ground, Aunt Feng was taken aback and asked, "Qilang, what's wrong?"

Sun Peng shook his head and knelt down to try to appease the girl.Lycium barbarum recounted what happened just now.

"This child looks pitiful, why not follow us first..."

"Please, don't kill me, don't kill me!"

The girl seemed to have given up struggling, and she just held her head and screamed desperately.Sun Peng looked carefully, she was barefoot, the soles of her feet were dirty, and there were many cuts cut by sharp stones.

She is right, but things seem to be a little different from the previous life...

"Don't be afraid, we are not bad people."

Aunt Feng approached the girl as if coaxing a child.The girl's mental state was not quite right. Anyone approached, regardless of gender, became extremely disturbed and screamed constantly.Even Aunt Feng was almost hit on the cheek by her waving hands.

This extreme fear...

Sun Peng frowned, gritted his teeth, and could only reach out to grab her arm - before Sun Peng's hand touched the girl's arm, he suddenly heard a calm and clear male voice from the mountain road ahead:

"Miss Xun."

"Don't be afraid, Mrs. Xun, they are the Sun family in the capital, and they will never hurt you."

Perhaps this voice comforted the girl. In Sun Peng's silence, the girl gradually raised her head, her face was full of tears, and her eyes were full of horror.

"Miss Xun..."

The voice was getting closer and closer, Sun Peng raised his head to see, Xie Chen walked slowly with Buddhist beads in monk clothes, his tone seemed to let out a long sigh of relief.

"Lady Xun, let's follow the poor monk back to the temple first."

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