Reform from Jia She

"A girl from the Su family married the prince?" Lin Ruhai and Jia Zheng looked at each other, and they both saw the doubt in each other's eyes.

They are all noble families, who are the princes in the capital, they are the children of the family, they are very clear, they may not know how many concubines there are in the house of a prince, but they still know who the prince's wife is.

There are princes with names and surnames in Beijing, but no official wife has the surname Su.

It seems that the so-called noble daughter of the Su family married the prince is just a rumor.

"How many young masters don't believe it?" The eldest brother is also discerning, seeing the doubts in Lin Ruhai and Jia Zheng's eyes, and said, "The prince in Beijing sent someone to Yuhang to give gifts, and Mr. Su is not good to that one." Respectfully."

This is good news, just in time for people to check the person who came to give the gift.

Liu Jinglin asked thoughtfully, "Brother, you said that the Su family held a big banquet and set up a three-day running water banquet, which would cost a lot of money. The banquet is a bit too extravagant, right?"

"Hey, the Su family is rich and extremely rich. They don't care about the money at all."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai exchanged glances with Liu Jinglin, thanked the eldest brother, and then led the horse away.

"Let's find a place to stay first." Lin Ruhai said.

Soon, they chose an inn to settle down, and then met in Lin Ruhai's room.

"The Su family is known as a wealthy family in Yuhang, a wealthy place. It seems that they are really rich." Jia Zheng said.

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "I'm afraid that the Su family's money came from a wrong source."

"Where did Ruhai say that?"

Lin Ruhai rubbed the center of his brows, "You princes in Beijing, none of the main wives have the surname Su. I thought before that maybe these people spread the rumors themselves and believed the rumors, but then I thought about it, maybe there is another possibility. "

"Ruhai, what do you mean..." Jia Zheng was thoughtful.

Lin Ruhai frowned and said, "The elder brother said that there is a noble daughter in the Su family who married a prince in the court. ?”

"how is this possible."

"So I think that this girl from the Su family who entered the palace is not the official wife, but a concubine. If she is a concubine, then everything can be justified. The Su family is just a dog. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. It's just scaring people." Lin Ruhai said.

Jia Zheng frowned, and his eyes were full of emotions, "The prince may not know who the young master of the Su family is. The elder brother said that the capital sent someone to give gifts, so it can be seen that the nobleman in Beijing has news contacts with the Su family in Yuhang. Otherwise, how dare Mr. Su be so rampant?"

Yuhang is not a small place, and there are quite a few powerful and influential people. Those who are related to each other may not be able to offend the Su family. There is only one explanation for Mr. Su's daring to be so rampant, that is, the nobleman in Beijing has been Backing him up.

"Anyway, if the daughter of the Su family is just a concubine of a certain prince, we may soon be able to find out who the nobleman behind the Su family is." The letter goes to the capital and asks which prince's house has a happy event, as long as the prince's words spoken by the eldest brother are not just nonsense, it will be right. "

Once the person behind it has been found out, it will not be a problem to deal with Mr. Su.

After confirming the direction, they went back to their rooms. Lin Ruhai wrote a letter and asked Liu Jinglin to help send someone back to the capital.

The next day, Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhengbing split up. Lin Ruhai took Liu Jinglin and Jing Jianfeng to investigate Su's house, while Jia Zheng took the entourage to find out about Yue Shijie.

In the evening, meet at the inn.

"Cunzhou, can I get the exact news?"

Jia Zheng took a sip of water, frowned and shook his head, "I thought that if I asked people I met on the street, it would attract the attention of the Su family, so I took them to a restaurant to have dinner and inquire about the news, but most of them were about the Su family. I haven't heard any news about Yue Shijie about the water feast."

Lin Ruhai was not discouraged when he heard the words, "I originally wanted to go to the restaurant to check, but Jing Lin said that my investigation was useless and took me to the restaurant, so I got some news. The Su family is a salt merchant. It is a wealthy family, but in fact it is not popular among salt merchants, it was because the head of the Su family sent his daughter to the palace as a concubine to be taken care of, or else their family's business would have been swallowed up by others."

"Salt merchants?" Jia Zheng frowned, "Aren't most salt merchants located in Yangzhou?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "It's just the majority, not all of them. I've been listening to the news for a day, and I only heard them talk about the Su family becoming a nobleman, who is a prince in Beijing, but which one, no one Know."

"From this point of view, if we want to know who is behind the Su family, we still have to wait for a reply from Jingzhong."

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, then sighed, "It will take at least ten days and a half months to wait for a reply. We don't have that much time to waste. Since we can't find out who is behind the Su family, we want to collect evidence to prove that Yue Shijie didn't kill him." Miss Pan's evidence."

"Where are we going to find evidence?"

"Go to Jingshan." Lin Ruhai said.

On the second day, Lin Ruhai went up to Jingshan with Jia Zheng and the others. There was a Chaoren Temple on Jingshan, where Miss Pan was killed.

It was very deserted when they arrived at Chaoren Temple, only a few young monks were cleaning fallen leaves in front of the temple. Seeing Lin Ruhai and his party, the few young monks looked at each other and clasped their hands together, "Amitabha, how many benefactors are here to offer incense?"

"Exactly. I heard that Jingshan Chaoren Temple was very prosperous. Why is it so deserted today?" Lin Ruhai naturally wouldn't say that they came to Chapan to find out the truth about the investigation. The little novice asked, and he admitted it.

The little novice said another word about Amitabha, and said, "Someone died in the temple, and the abbot said that he will not accept pilgrims in the near future, so please go down the mountain."

Lin Ruhai was slightly stunned, unable to react for a moment.

On the other hand, Liu Jinglin had practiced for a long time and had rich experience. He stepped forward and said, "In a pure place of Buddhism, there is someone so bold and reckless that he commits murder here. Can the murderer be caught?"

The little monk didn't expect to be questioned, so he was stunned, looked at each other with other little monks, and bowed his head in silence.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai knew that there was nothing to be asked from the mouths of these young monks.

He sighed, looked at Jia Zheng, shook his head, turned around and was about to go down the mountain, when Jing Jianfeng suddenly stepped forward, took out a jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to the little novice, "Please help pass this jade pendant to the host, Just say that Jing Jianfeng came to pay a visit."

Lin Ruhai paused, turned around and looked at Jing Jianfeng, then at Liu Jinglin.

Liu Jinglin smiled at Lin Ruhai and remained silent.

But looking at Liu Jinglin's expression, he obviously knew something.

The little novice did not recognize the jade pendant Jing Jianfeng gave him, but seeing Jing Jianfeng's tone as if he knew the host, he didn't dare to take the initiative to drive them away, so he bowed and said, "Please wait a moment, the benefactor." After finishing speaking, the little monk Then he turned his head and entered the temple.

After a short wait, the little monk came out of the temple, clasped his hands together, and said, "The host invites some benefactors to come in and talk."

Lin Ruhai thought, it seems that Jing Jianfeng has a very close relationship with this host.

Thinking so in his heart, Lin Ruhai didn't ask any more questions, and followed Jing Jianfeng into Chaoren Temple.

The little monk led them all the way to the innermost Zen room, "The abbot is inside, please come in, benefactor."

Jing Jianfeng was the first to enter the temple, followed by Liu Jinglin, followed by Lin Ruhai and Jia Zheng.

"Master Du'er." Jing Jianfeng clasped his hands together and saluted, his expression and posture were quite different from before. He respected this old monk very much.

Master Du'er was an old monk with a long white beard, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, which made people feel good.

He saw Jing Jianfeng smile slightly, "Benefactor Jing must have something important to come here this time."

Jing Jianfeng is not a liar, so he directly explained the purpose of his visit.

Master Du'e really didn't expect Jing Jianfeng and others to come here because of Miss Pan's murder. He lowered his eyes and sighed, "I'm afraid it's not easy for Benefactor Jing to intervene in this matter. If he insists on taking care of it, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for the upper body."

The implication is to advise him not to care.

"Why did Master Du'er persuade us not to care about it? Human life is at stake, and Miss Pan was killed in a place where the Buddha's name is pure. Isn't Master not angry?" .

"Cunzhou!" Lin Ruhai was taken aback by Jia Zheng, and hurriedly pulled him.

The old monk was not angry at all, he stared at Jia Zheng and Lin Ruhai, and sighed, "The benefactors are all good people, and I don't want you to suffer innocently."

"Master Du'er, since we have come here, we naturally have thought about all the consequences. The man is alive, he will do something and not do it, and he will stand by and watch the situation. I am very sorry, and I ask Master Du'er to tell us the truth." Lin Ruhai Arched.

Master Du'e pondered for a moment, then sighed, "Forget it, if that's the case, you come with me." The old monk got up after speaking, led Lin Ruhai and the others out of the meditation room, and went straight to the courtyard where the guest lived.

"Miss Pan wants to become a nun, but Chaoren Temple is not a nunnery, but a monk's temple, and the old monk can't help her shave or become a nun. In desperation, Miss Pan asked the old monk to take her in and live in this temple temporarily. Unexpectedly, the thief was so bold and sneaked into the temple. , killed Miss Pan." Master Du'er sighed, feeling sorry for Miss Pan.

It could be heard that the old monk felt a little guilty.

He took Miss Pan out of good intentions, but he failed to protect Miss Pan and let Miss Pan die here.

"Master Du'er, you don't have to blame yourself. Everyone has their own destiny. Maybe it's Miss Pan's fate." Lin Ruhai comforted, and then said, "At this moment, the real culprit is caught and brought to justice. Only then can Miss Pan rest in peace."

Upon hearing this, Master Du'er smiled and remained silent.

Not long after, we arrived at the guest house.

Before I went in, I heard a voice from inside, "I won't run away, Mr. Su will be arrested if he wants to, and I don't regret sending a letter to Shijie."