All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Coming out of Duke Cheng'en's mansion, Shen Lingxi told Chu Yan everything he had found in the secret room.

Now that she has learned about the most likely destination of Uerda from the dead soul of Mrs. Xie, she naturally has to rush there as soon as possible.

Only this time, Chu Yan no longer let her ride a horse.

"Since Wuerda was able to escape from the siege of the black armored guards, no matter how many people he brought there, he might still be able to escape with the disguise and wish techniques. It's better for you and me to disguise ourselves and see each other for a while." meet him."

He took Shen Lingxi back to Prince Ning's Mansion, and ordered two sets of clothes to be sent, and Shen Lingxi and Shen Lingxi each changed into them.

Chu Yan is still pretending to be a Confucian scholar in plain clothes who has no strength to restrain a chicken.

Shen Lingxi, on the other hand, combed a Japanese bun, earrings with pearl pendants, and dressed up as a bride.

Standing together, the two looked like a wealthy couple who had nothing to do and went out to enjoy incense.

Not only them, but even the Embroidered Clothes Envoy and the Black Armored Guards were dressed as servants.

As soon as she went out, Shen Lingxi saw Mu Huai'an wearing plain white robes, waiting outside the gate of the house, one person and one horse.

The blood stains on his face had been washed away, and his slender figure was as straight as a pine.

The person is still the same person.

But after all kinds of things last night, his peach blossom eyes were stained with a bit of loneliness and silence after the pain.

Ordinary people can't accept that their own relatives have become murderers.

What's more, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who has always been loyal to the imperial court and hates evil like hatred.

"Your Highness, please take me with you. No matter what, I will personally bring Uerda to justice." He bowed to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan glanced at him, and was not surprised by his appearance, "Let Chunjun take you to change your appearance first, and then follow."

After finishing speaking, he and Shen Lingxi got into the carriage together.

On the small table in the carriage, there was a vermilion food box filled with various fruits.

Shen Lingxi glanced casually, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

All flavors she likes.

In the small red clay stove on the side, tea soup is simmering, the tea is fragrant and warm.

Chu Yan sat down, ordered tea with clean hands very naturally, and put the tea soup in front of Shen Lingxi.

"Try it. Qiao Xing said that the tea soup made from this tea cake is your favorite."

After getting along for so long, Shen Lingxi knew that he always liked to take food for others, and now seeing him cooking tea himself, she was not as flattered as she was at first.

She thanked him politely, did not refuse, and took a sip.

It is indeed her favorite tea.

Seeing her eyebrows and eyes stretched, Chu Yan took out the fruit plate from the food box and pushed it in front of her, "Chunjun said you didn't eat in the morning, so let's eat something first."

After he mentioned it, Shen Lingxi was really hungry, thanked her, and started to eat.

Shen Lingxi lived in the deep palace for a long time in her previous life, and was always advised by internal officials when she was sitting, lying and walking. She had already formed the habit of eating in the palace.

She didn't look aside, chewed carefully, and didn't make a sound.

Even the tassels on the hairpin never wavered.

While drinking tea, Chu Yan glanced casually across the hairpin in Shen Lingxi's hair.

Previously, she had always dressed as a Kun Dao or a man, and she couldn't see much difference.

But today she was dressed as a woman, and Chu Yan knew very well that even a palace official who had been in the palace for three or five years would not be able to do this.

He thought again of what Chun Jun said to him when he changed his clothes just now——

"The princess's riding skills are very good. You didn't see it. She didn't slow down even when she took a shortcut through the alley. That's a brave person. If you go to play polo, no one can catch up with her. "

A silly little farm girl before the age of 13, no matter how smart she is, she can't easily come into contact with such things as riding.

What's more, he can gallop like flying in the alleys of the capital...

Thinking of this, Chu Yan's eyes drooped slightly, and his finger bones lightly crushed the rim of the cup.

There are too many doubts surrounding Shen Lingxi.

When we first met, he always wanted to check them out.

But now, he doesn't want to ask, guess, let alone investigate.

He only thought that one day, she could tell him herself.

Only in this way can it be regarded as heart-to-heart.

Shen Lingxi naturally didn't know what the person opposite was thinking.

She ate and drank enough, and the carriage drove out of the capital smoothly and quickly.

Through the curtain of the car, Shen Lingxi saw Mu Huai'an, and at some point, she had already followed on horseback.

With a beard stuck to his face and a change of coarse cloth clothes, he looked different.

But even so, Shen Lingxi believes that Wu Erda, who is good at disguise, can easily see his true face.

Holding the white porcelain teacup between her fingertips, she looked at Chu Yan and asked inexplicably, "Why did Your Highness allow Mu Shaoqing to go with us to catch Wuerda? Yi is controlled by Zhu Youshu, once again bewitched by Wuerda and killed by him, then..."

"He needs this opportunity to pay off his merits." Although Chu Yan's tone was indifferent, he concealed his concern: "It is best for him to catch Uerda with his own hands."

Shen Lingxi couldn't figure out what this "best" refers to.

Mu Huai'an is the eldest son of the Mu family, if something happens to the Mu family, how can he be alone?

"Just now in the secret room, what Chunjun said when he went and returned, is it true?" Shen Lingxi pondered and asked again: "Those servants, really heard Mu Shaoqing in the secret room, saying that he himself 'killed grandma' 'Yet?"

She paused and was puzzled again, "But the old lady clearly said that Mu Shaoqing was not under Wuerda's control, so how could she follow Wuerda's order and say such things?"

Hearing that she kept saying "Mu Shaoqing", Chu Yan put down the teacup in his hand, and gently pinched the center of his eyebrows with his knuckles.

"When the servants found Pei, he just held the murder weapon and sat against the wall in a daze, without saying anything." He explained softly.

Shen Lingxi couldn't help laughing, "No wonder Chun Jun winked at me, I still find it strange. It turns out that His Highness deliberately asked Chun Jun to lie... It is His Highness's foresight to allow the old lady to reveal the truth in such a short period of time."

When she laughed, her eyes were clear and pure, and her words were full of praise for Chu Yan.

Finally, Chu Yan felt a lot of irony in his heart.

He said casually: "No matter if the old lady committed suicide or homicide, she will never let Peizhi be responsible for killing her grandmother. If she has a covenant with Urda, she will definitely turn her back on it."

"Things are indeed as His Highness expected." Shen Lingxi thought for a while, "But if the old lady is more vigilant, she will be able to detect the flaw."

"If you care about it, you will be chaotic." Chu Yan said calmly: "Interrogation is a matter of taking advantage of the unpreparedness and attacking the heart."

This is true.

Shen Lingxi also used to use this method.

She said sincerely: "Since that's the case, according to the results of my re-autopsy just now, if I can confirm that the old lady committed suicide, I can restore Mu Huai'an's innocence."

"You care about him." Chu Yan said with a half-smile.

Shen Lingxi nodded as a matter of course: "He has helped me a lot before, and I should help him. We are all friends. Your Highness is also very concerned about him, otherwise he would not rush to the Duke's Mansion after the court. He also ordered people to block the news of Shaoqing's murder."

Chu Yan was noncommittal.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi sighed, "Unfortunately, the mother-in-law said that she saw Wuerda take away the letter of repentance written by Mrs. Xie last night. Now everyone knows that Mrs. Xie died suddenly at home, but Without knowing why she died, it is difficult to uncover the truth about her mother-in-law's death..."

"How does Your Highness plan to deal with this matter?"

Chu Yan turned his head to look out the window, his eyes fell on Mu Huai'an.

"Since Wuerda asked the old lady to write a letter of repentance, he will definitely not take it away for no reason." He said in a cold voice, "He cast a net in Dazhou, so how could the Mu family be the only fish. Since he wants to do a serial If there is a series of rounds, then solve him together with this series of rounds."

"Now this matter involves the King of Yunjiang and the Mu family... It should not be limited to these two families. All those involved in this matter must pay the price. Only in this way can we give justice to my mother and concubine."

Shen Lingxi followed his gaze, and also looked at Mu Huai'an.

She intends to please Mu Huai'an in front of His Royal Highness, "Mu Shaoqing said, he realized that Ur promised to be injured last night. According to Mrs. Xie's words, he should be hiding there. As long as we can catch him this time, we can wipe them all out."

"I hope so." Chu Yan smiled lightly.

*
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped slowly in front of a dilapidated Taoist temple at the foot of Huguo Temple Mountain.

This Taoist temple is called Yuquan Temple. It is said that in the former dynasty, there was a spiritual spring in the temple, which could cure all diseases, so it got its name.

However, after the fall of the previous dynasty, the Guanzhong Spring was destroyed, and this Taoist temple gradually fell into disrepair.

Later, a wandering Taoist doctor passed by here and settled down. He changed the open space of the Taoist temple into a medicine house, planted herbs, and hung pots to help the world, which made the name of Yuquan Temple more famous in the capital.

Shen Lingxi has always collected corpses for people, but Yuquan Temple is for saving people.

Therefore, although she knew the name of Yuquan Temple, she had never dealt with the Taoist priest of Yuquan Temple.

As Mrs. Xie said, Uerda's hiding place is this Taoist temple——

"Ten years ago, Wu Erda made friends with the master of this Taoist temple, Zhengyang Zhenren. He is good at using poison. In the medicine house of Yuquan Temple, there are many useful medicinal materials for him. If I was in a hurry to find He also asked the temple master to bring him a letter, no matter what, the temple master of Yuquan temple must know where he is hiding."

Because of the evil spirit on Chu Yan's body, the souls of the dead would be bounced away, so before Shen Lingxi decided to come to Yuquan Temple, she asked Xie Zhangting and Xie Zhanghua to bring the old lady to come here first.

Because of this, when Shen Lingxi wore a veiled hat, supported Chu Yan's hand, and stepped off the carriage——
The two sisters of the Xie family were already waiting for them at the gate of the Taoist temple.

"There is a soul-locking magic circle in the side hall, we dare not approach it, the old lady's dead soul was accidentally sucked in just now."

Xie Zhanghua said: "No matter where Wu Erda goes, he will put up this magic circle, so he must be inside."

Shen Lingxi nodded clearly, moved to Chu Yan's side, and told him about it.

Mu Huai'an was beside Chu Yan, so he heard it naturally.

"I'll go in through the back door and spy secretly." He said, then turned around and headed for the back door.

"Let's go in and have a look." Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi's hand very naturally, the two looked at each other, and walked in tacitly.

As soon as they entered the door, a Taoist boy who was about eleven or twelve years old came up to greet them and bowed to them: "Two benefactors, my temple master has retreated for the past two days and cannot treat others. Please come back another day."

Chu Yan had already expected such a situation, took out a jade tablet from his sleeve, and handed it to Daotong.

"I also ask the Taoist priest to give this thing to the temple master, saying that Lin is a friend of the temple master's old friend. This time there is really no way, so he came here from thousands of miles to see the temple master. Please, the temple master must treat his wife for a while. .”

Dao Tong hesitated, took the jade tablet, turned around and trotted towards the main hall.

Shen Lingxi lowered her voice and asked through the curtain, "Your Highness, do you know the temple master here?"

"I don't know." Knowing the doubts in her heart, Chu Yan explained: "The jade tablet is a token of the official seal of the Daolu Department, and all Taoist temples in the Great Zhou Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of the Daolu Department. No matter what ghosts and snakes are pretending in this Taoist temple, Dao Lusi Zhengyin face, they dare not give it."

"Great." Shen Lingxi praised sincerely.

Sure enough, it's officialdom.

She has practiced Taoism for so many years, but she really doesn't know that the title of "Daolu Division" can be used for such a purpose.

After Dao Tong went to report, he quickly turned around and led Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi respectfully to the side hall.

Coincidentally, the side hall that Dao Tong led them to was the one that Xie Zhanghua had just pointed out to Shen Lingxi at the door.

The windows of the side hall were closed, and the hall was dark. Shen Lingxi was wearing a veiled hat, and it was difficult to see the situation in the hall clearly through the veil.

As soon as she entered the palace, Shen Lingxi smelled a familiar fragrance, lingering on the tip of her nose.

It is "drunk"!
Shen Lingxi squeezed Chu Yan's palm subconsciously.

"Drunkenness" means medicine is not poison, and there is no antidote.

She could only remind Chu Yan to be careful according to the previously negotiated signal.

Chu Yan tapped the back of her hand twice with his finger bones, signaling her to rest assured.

"Please wait a moment, the temple master will come soon." Dao Tong bowed to the two of them.

Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi's hand and sat down in front of the armchair at the side of the hall.

In order to have a clear view, Shen Lingxi simply took off the veil and looked around the hall calmly.

As she expected, there were some black clay tablets piled up in the four corners of the side hall.

Those clay pieces seem to be piled up in a mess, but in fact they have set up a soul lock formation in this temple.

As Xie Zhanghua said, Wuerda is used to setting up this circle no matter where he is.

This side hall is supposed to be a place where the temple master treats patients on weekdays. The entire north wall is full of lattices for holding herbs.

The smell of "drunken heart" was mixed with the smell of those herbs, if Shen Lingxi had not had a natural keen sense of smell for the herbs in Yunjiang, she really wouldn't have been able to detect it.

It seems that this place is really Uerda's lair in the capital.

After about half a cup of tea, an old man with white hair and childlike face came in from outside the hall with a whisk in his hand.

As soon as he saw Chu Yan, the old Taoist stared blankly for a moment, then smiled and warmly greeted him: "I heard that Mr. Lin is a friend of Peng Zhengyin, so I welcome you at some distance."

Chu Yan bowed to him, "Today I brought my wife here to bother me, but I hope the temple master will forgive me, and ask the temple master to heal my wife's stubborn illness."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." The old man responded with a smile, and looked at Shen Lingxi.

While he was looking at Shen Lingxi, Shen Lingxi was also looking at him.

Even with the light coming in from the palace door behind his back, Shen Lingxi also keenly saw that the part where the veteran's hair bun meets his face was too tight.

This is a flaw that can only be found when wearing a human skin mask...