Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 336 Madam Chen

However, everyone's reactions were a bit strange. He thought his news was explosive enough, but he didn't expect that no one looked surprised.

"So, Huaizhen committed adultery with a woman, gave birth to Xingyun, and then sent him to the temple to be raised by Huaizhen?" Lu Xingzhou organized his words and summarized it for him. What kind of place is the Dali Temple? They have seen many such messed-up things.

What's so strange about that? Isn't it just you cheating on me while I'm having those affairs outside?

"Yes, yes, that's right." Jin Hejing was a little confused when he didn't get the expected response. He was so excited that he almost made a noise!

Isn’t this news explosive enough?

"Since he is Huaizhen's biological son, wouldn't it be unfilial for Xingyun to hit him?"

"He's already dead, so what if he's unfilial? Can you still pull him out and whip his corpse in that state?"

"I was saying that old bald donkey Huai Zhen doesn't look like a pure person. He keeps mumbling all day long, isn't he afraid of annoying the Buddha to death?"

"Tomorrow morning, bring back that woman, Huaizhen, the person in charge of food at Xingjing Temple, and Xingyun's disciples."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The unsociable Jin Hejing watched them finish their conversation one after another. As they stood up to leave, he quickly stood up and approached Cui Bianxu, "Master Cui, I wonder if the Dali Temple would be able to accommodate me for the night?"

"Wang Sizhi!"

"What are your orders, Shaoqing?"

Cui Bianxu glanced at him and directly handed the matter to Wang Leisheng. At the same time, he took the purse from his waist and threw it into Jin Hejing's arms: "Send someone to accompany him to Xingjing Temple tomorrow to retrieve his things."

"this...."

Jin Hejing looked up at Cui Bianxu, then looked down at the purse in his hand, over and over again. He really wanted to say something, but Cui Bianxu had already walked out in big strides.

Wang Leisheng patted his shoulder, stretched lazily and said, "Let's go, I'll find you a place to stay!"

"Hey! Thank you, Wang Sizhi."

Jin Hejing came to his senses, bowed to Wang Leisheng, and then followed him. He was holding the purse in his hand, which was very heavy. He had definitely earned back his money, but...

"Wang Sizhi, what do you think Cui Shaoqing means by this?" He raised the purse in his hand, looking distressed. "This isn't what I'm doing. What do you mean by this...what should I do?"

As an ambitious cadre, Wang Leisheng glanced at him with his chin raised, his tone somewhat contemptuous: "I know what you want, but our Cui Shaoqing is not so easy to rely on."

Tsk, it's just a piece of news, and you think you can flatter his Shaoqing? Dream on!

Old Wang followed Shaoqing through thick and thin, remained loyal to him and moved forward courageously, which is why he managed to catch Shaoqing's eye. The guy surnamed Jin is dreaming!

The next morning, the cold autumn wind blew through the moss in the corners of the white wall.

The heavy brown door of Xingjing Temple was knocked "dong dong" by the slamming before it was even opened. The young monk guarding the door had tears in his eyes. He opened the door and wanted to ask the people outside to wait a little longer, but it was pushed open by a strong force.

With his belt tied tightly around his waist, Wang Leisheng and his men entered without hesitation. In a short while, they had captured most of the people passing by the temple, attracting the residents of the neighborhood to stick their heads out to watch the fun.

When Cui Bianxu came back from court and rode his horse to the Dali Temple, the originally spacious Dali Temple prison was already half full.

The monks all had expressions of panic and helplessness on their faces, especially the younger ones, who mostly looked bewildered. Only Huai Zhen was sitting quietly in meditation in the corner, spinning the Buddhist beads in his hand rapidly.

Only the woman with slightly messy hair held the prison door tightly, and from time to time asked the passing jailer: "Shangguan, Shangguan, why did you arrest me? I didn't do anything wrong!"

"It's not up to you to decide whether you've committed a crime or not. Just stay still, it will be your turn soon!"

Most of those who were sent to the Dali Temple Prison said that they had not committed any crime when they first arrived. The remaining small number of people knew that they had committed a crime, but they kept silent, trying to resist silently.

As jailers, what kind of criminals have they not seen? No matter what kind of criminal they are, if they come to this place, they have to be punished first!

"Why did you capture these half-grown children?" Cui Bianxu saw two little bald heads reflecting the light from the light-transmitting window in the upper corner of the cell from afar, and his eyes were stung and he had a headache.

Wang Leisheng scratched his head. "That Kong Neng is Xing Yun's disciple. The other one lives in the same room with him. I brought them back together."

According to tradition, for this kind of thing, it is better to catch more than to miss out.

"Interrogate those first." A child of around ten couldn't be tortured severely. "We'll interrogate the two younger ones after Wang Mingqian arrives."

The Wang family has nothing to do and stays at home to have children. There are many children in the family, so they have more ways to deal with the little ones.

"Yes!"

Wang Leisheng was already sharpening his knife and had prepared all the torture instruments, waiting to use them immediately. There were not many monks in Xingjing Temple. Apart from Huaizhen and Kongneng, there were six monks who were captured.

Among them, there were two monks responsible for cooking, and the remaining four were two of Xingyun’s disciples and two of Xingyun’s nephews.

"Shaoqing Cui! Shaoqing Cui! Shaoqing Cui!" Kong Neng's eyes were very bright. Even though he was far away, he was still able to see him. He immediately rushed to the prison door and shouted at him.

"Sir, I'm going to tell him to shut up right now!" Wang Leisheng rolled up his sleeves, ready to go over and give this guy a good beating.

"Bring him here, you and Lu Xingzhou go to interrogate him first." Cui Bianxu waved his hand and turned into a dark room. After all, he had provided them with clues, and it was not right to destroy the bridge after crossing the river to treat a child.

"Yes!"

Kong could see Cui Bianxu's eyes sparkling with excitement, but he was a little afraid of Wang Leisheng, so he kept hunching his shoulders and waited until Wang Leisheng left before he dared to look up: "Shaoqing Cui!"

"What do you want from me?"

"Master Cui, I noticed that you have also captured Lady Chen."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She is my master's mother. My master's death has nothing to do with her."

"It's not up to you to decide." Cui Bianxu thought he could come up with some evidence, but he didn't expect it to be this, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

Kong Neng's cheeks puffed up, and he said hesitantly, "But she relies on my master to make money. Why would she kill him? If she kills him, won't she never get any money again?"

There are mothers in this world who don’t love their children, but no one would cut off his or her own source of income.

"Your master earns money for her?" Cui Bianxu raised his eyebrows. Could it be that Xingyun is a filial son, and Huaizhen is an old enemy?

Kong Neng nodded and said, "Yes, she would come to the temple every few days to ask my master for money, and my master gave her all the money he saved."